"TheSpectral Ship" leaves an indelible tang of horror. The Spectral Ship (1828)Wilhelm Hauff died in his mid-twenties, yet still showed early promise that he could have been one of the all time great supernatural writers. The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet (1837)Nathaniel Hawthorne makes his only appearance with a horror tale that is superbly written.
Adventure of the German Student (1824)Washington Irving is best known for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," but the"Adventure of the German Student" is as compact a fright as one will find in a little ghost story. The Tapestried Chamber (1827)Sir Walter Scott was a leading proponent of supernatural tales in Europe.The Tapestried Chamber is the second oldest scary story in the anthology and contains moments of sheer terror. As he has done with a number of other books, Andrew Barger has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds,annotations, author photos and a foreword titled "All Ghosts Are Gray."Buy PHANTASMAL: THE BEST GHOST STORIES 1800-1849 tonight and be ready to be scared.
"The Mask of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family," by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu "The Spectral Ship," by Wilhelm Hauff "The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet," by Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Adventure of the German Student," and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving as well as "The Tapestried Chamber," by Sir Walter Scott.Īs he has done with a number of other books, Andrew Barger has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, author photos and a foreword titled "All Ghosts Are Gray." Buy the book today and be ready to be scared.Ghost short stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection by Andrew Barger, award-winning author of COFFEE WITH POE: A NOVEL OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S LIFE and BEST GHOST SHORT STORIES 1850-1899: A PHANTASMAL GHOST ANTHOLOGY, contains the very scariest of them all. The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like "A Night in a Haunted House" and "The Deaf and Dumb Girl." The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839. Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all.
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