The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Marjorie Bowen
3.46
Format: 43 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist…
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1. The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories
By: Henry James , None
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children ab… read more
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- short stories
- horror
2. The Empty House
By: Rosamunde Pilcher
3.85
Format: 249 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the h… read more
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- short stories
- horror
3. The Signalman
By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn
3.66
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more
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- short stories
- horror
"Hallow! Below there!"-Charles Dickens, The Signalman
4. The Driver's Seat
By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark
3.61
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more
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"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
Similar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House book and Marjorie Bowen's The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- horror
6. The Open Door
By: Mrs. Oliphant
3.80
Format: None pages,
With a sense of mystery and suspense pervading the whole narrative, this is a very unusual work. Du… read more
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- short stories
- horror
7. Afterward
By: Edith Wharton
4.14
Format: None pages,
Or, rather, Ned answered, in the same strain, "why, amid so much that's ghostly, it can never affir… read more
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8. The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
By: Linda Raedisch
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Not so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a fest… read more
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9. The Red Lodge
By: H. Russell Wakefield
4.27
Format: 197 pages, ebook
H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red… read more
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10. Hangsaman
By: Shirley Jackson
4.40
Format: 304 pages,
HANGSAMAN is Miss Jackson's second novel. The story is a simple one but the overtones are immediate… read more
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11. The Puppets of Spelhorst
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.19
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more
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"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst
12. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
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- horror
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
13. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-26)
By: Agatha Christie
4.12
Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition
Asked to investigate an incident that needs to be dealt with discretion, Poirot reluctantly agrees … read more
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- short stories
14. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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- short stories
15. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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- short stories
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
16. The Captain of the Pole-Star
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.58
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. H… read more
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- short stories
- horror
17. Frankenstein
By: Junji Ito
4.01
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the a… read more
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- short stories
- horror
18. Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights
By: Tanya Kirk
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"But something odd does happen here at Christmas time. When I first heard the story, I thought it w… read more
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- short stories
- horror
19. And Then She Fell
By: Alicia Elliott
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more
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- horror
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
20. Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology
By: Ellen Datlow
3.65
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horro… read more
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- short stories
- horror
21. The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas
By: Cynthia Asquith
3.73
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Peter Wood enters a … read more
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- short stories
- horror
22. A Room in a Rectory: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Andrew Caldecott
3.34
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
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- horror
23. The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.57
Format: 81 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
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- short stories
24. The Morgan Trust
By: R. Bridgeman
3.87
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
World-renowned illustrator Seth returns with three new Christmas ghost stories for 2020. Intrigued … read more
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- short stories
- horror
25. The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts
By: Jeff Belanger
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Step into the dark roots of Christmas past where the Krampus punishes the bad boys and girls. Ch… read more
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- horror
26. The Dead and the Countess
By: Gertrude Atherton
3.22
Format: None pages, None
The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest wor… read more
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- short stories
- horror
27. Christmas Gothic Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By: Jerrold E. Hogle
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of the gothic for during the holiday season, a delightful gift, and a real treat to c… read more
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- horror
28. The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Marjorie Bowen
3.46
Format: 43 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
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- short stories
- horror
29. A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Shirley Jackson
3.72
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Margaret visits the l… read more
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- short stories
- horror
30. The Doll's Ghost
By: F. Marion Crawford
3.61
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Mr. Puckler is a doll doctor, and the dolls he repairs become very, very lifelike. read more
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- short stories
- horror
31. The Captain of the Pole-Star
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.53
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth.The Pole-Star's voyage comes to a h… read more
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