The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories and, I recall, dozens of Dennis ­Wheatleys. Dad was in a book club, so some would be special hardback ­editions, interspersed with racy paperbacks ...

This mug features Poe's likeness, as well as images and quotes from his iconic poems and stories. Makes any beverage mysterious! Whether you're meeting with the book club or the board of directors ...

Combining his characteristic humour with a little darkness, Jeffers’ latest picture book tells the tale of a little girl who lives in a haunted house but has never seen a ghost All images: There’s a ...

Also discuss things from the book that haunt humans but that aren’t ghosts ... stories with their own take on what it means to be haunted. This might include ghost stories, supernatural stories from ...

Airing on Christmas Eve on ITV back in 1989, director Herbert Wise's adaptation of Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black represented the pinnacle of the British tradition of festive ghost stories.

Wandering Willie’s Tale, Sir Walter Scott, 1824 Extracted from Scott’s novel Redgauntlet ... George Mackay Brown published a number of ghost stories including Andrina, turned into a BBC ...

Nesbit wrote horror stories and what did you make of Woman ... I have since bought an E. Nesbit Ghost Story collection book and look forward to freaking myself out this Christmas at my mum ...