CHILLERS for CHRISTMAS :: 1990 HB w/ DJ :: FREE Shipping

• Hardback book with Dust Jacket edited by Richard Dalby
• Over 310 pages
• First published in the United States in 1990 by Gallery Books
• Copyright © 1989 by O'Mara Books Limited

" 'At Christmas time,' said the stranger in the chimney corner, 'folks seem to think themselves privileged to ask other folks to tell stories.'
Arm yourself with the seasonally gripping stories contained in Chillers for Christmas and you will never be at a loss when, gathered around the flickering hearth on a Christmas Eve, someone suggests the traditional Christmas tale. "

" Chillers for Christmas brings together twenty-seven deliciously spine-chilling tales set in locations as diverse as India, France and England and spanning over a century of story-telling, but all united by their Christmas theme.
Here you will find not only stories of the supernatural, but also classic Christmas thrillers from such well-loved writers as Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle. "

" The traditional Victorian Christmas ghost story is well represented with seasonal offerings by Frank Cowper and George Manville Fenn, while modern chillers from the best of our contemporary writers of the genre are included in six stories written especially for this volume. "

" So close the curtains against the howling wind, pull up a chair to the fireplace, and settle down with this festive collection of hauntings and horrors.
And don't forget to bolt the door, just in case ... "

Contents includes:

" FOREWORD by Richard Dalby

THE STRANGE RIDE OF MORROWBIE JUKES by Rudyard Kipling

CHRISTMAS EVE ON A HAUNTED HULK by Frank Cowper

THE PHANTOM RIDERS by Ernest R. Suffling

THE GUARD-SHIP AT THE AIRE by Amelia B. Edwards

HORROR: A TRUE TALE by Anonymous

A PIPE OF MYSTERY by G.A. Henry

ON THE DOWN LINE by George Manville Fenn

AN EXCITING CHRISTMAS EVE by A. Conan Doyle

REMORSELESS VENGEANCE by Guy Boothby

THE VANISHING HOUSE by Bernard Capes

THE WHITE RAVEN by Dick Donavan

THE STRANGE STORY OF NORTHAVON PRIORY by F. Frankfort Moore

THE BLACK CAT by W.J. Wintle

BACK FOR CHRISTMAS by John Collier

A CHRISTMAS STORY by 'Sarban'

THE WAITS by L.P. Hartley

FLORINDA by Shamus Frazer

THE HANGING TREE by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

THE GROTTO by Alexander Welch

JUST BEFORE DAWN by Eugene Johnson

BUGGANE by Peter Tremayne

THE UNINVITED by John Glasby

A PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS by A.J. Merak

THE DELIVERER by Simon MacCulloch

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Roger Johnson

ON WINGS OF SONG by David G. Rowlands

THE SANTA by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "

This book is in very good to excellent condition with only minor wear, but the dust jacket has some rough edges and small tears, mostly along the top.
No torn or ripped pages.
No markings or writing.

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