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For Day 24 of #ghostsoftheseason, enjoy Charlotte Riddell's "The Old House in Vauxhall Walk" from her collection Weird Stories (1882). Riddell's story shares many of the same themes as Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
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Photo of the writer Edith Nesbit.
Illustration of a Victorian-era woman looking around a corner for Edith Nesbit’s story, originally published as “The Portent of the Shadow.”
Illustration for E. Nesbit’s “The Portent of the Shadow” which shows a Victorian-era man and woman sitting in a parlor.
You can't go wrong with an Edith Nesbit story. So for day 23 of #ghostsoftheseason, we have “The Shadow” (originally published as “The Portent of the Shadow” in 1905), which starts with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas.
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Day 22 of #ghostsoftheseason is Isabella Banks's (Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks) "Wraith-Haunted" (1869), first published in M.E. Braddon's Belgravia Christmas Annual and then collected in Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows in 1882 (available on Google books).
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Day 21 of #ghostsoftheseason is Laura Spencer Portor's "The Shadow Christmas," published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in December 1922 (available on Google books). Color illustrations by C.E. Chambers.
"it takes shadows to make the world a real place..."
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Day 20 of #ghostsoftheseason is F. E. M. Notley's "Striking Midnight," published in The Argosy in December 1881 (available on Google books).
When the candle flame burns blue, a ghost approaches…
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Day 19 of #ghostsoftheseason is Rosemary Timperley's "Christmas Meeting," included in THE SECOND GHOST BOOK (1952). Timperley keeps us guessing in this one: who is the ghost??
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Portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell.
Black and white illustration of a man carrying a child through a snowy landscape.
For day 18 of #ghostsoftheseason and #wyrdwednesday, one of the best winter ghost stories of all time. Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story” (1852). A remote manor house in the north of England, a spectral child, and ghostly music from a broken organ.
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Day 17 of #ghostsoftheseason brings us Emma Frances Dawson's "A Sworn Statement," from AN ITINERANT HOUSE (1897), in which we learn that moving repeatedly and then holding a Christmas Eve dinner party still won't protect us from a ghost's revenge.
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Day 16 of #ghostsoftheseason is Isabella F. Romer's, "The Necromancer,” published in Bentley's Miscellany in 1842. A ghost story is told during a winter's evening, among a group of friends in a German castle overlooking the snowy Alps. (available on Google books)
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Day 15 of #ghostsoftheseason brings us Ada Buisson (1839-1866), who published many of her stories in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Belgravia, including "The Ghost's Summons" (1868), "A Story Told in Church" (1868), and "The Baron's Coffin" (1869, illustration from story included here).
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Day 14 of #ghostsoftheseason is Rhoda Broughton’s ‘The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth’ from Tales for Christmas Eve (1873). The tension steadily mounts with each letter between Mrs Montresor & Mrs De Wynt, right up until the final, chilling line.
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Black and white illustration of a Victorian woman ice skating.
Day 13 of #ghostsoftheseason brings us Elia Wilkinson Peattie's "On the Northern Ice" published in The Shape of Fear (1898). A treacherous journey, unknown danger, and a ghostly guide...
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Day 12 of #ghostsoftheseason is Catherine Crowe's GHOSTS & FAMILY LEGENDS: A VOLUME FOR CHRISTMAS (1859). You'll find lots of spooky things—spectral lights, haunted rooms, strange disappearances, mysterious dogs, and a ghost cat!
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For Day 11 of #ghostsoftheseason we have Elinor Glyn’s “The Irtonwood Ghost" (1911), included in Richard Dalby’s anthology GHOSTS FOR CHRISTMAS (1988).
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'John Granger,' in true Braddon style, gives us a mysterious disappearance, stolen money, disguised identity, romance, & murder. After seeing the ghost, Susan Ashley knows 'there was some purpose to be fulfilled by that awful vision.' #ghostsoftheseason
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For day 10 of #ghostsoftheseason here are two M.E. Braddon stories. ‘At Chrighton Abbey' features a family curse: 'Was there a ghost at Chrighton--that spectral visitant without which the state and splendour of a grand old house seem scarcely complete?'
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Black and white illustration of a woman looking out of a window and a man next to her looking away from the window.
Day 9 of #ghostsoftheseason is Edith Wharton's 'Afterward.' Mary & Ned Boyne want their new house to come with a ghost, and they get more than they bargain for.
'Oh, there IS one, of course, but you'll never know it....not till afterward, at any rate.'
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Charlotte Riddell is famous for her ghost stories, and the lesser-known ‘A Strange Christmas Game’ is one of her best holiday tales. Two siblings, an inherited property, and a ghostly game of cribbage (that doesn't end well...). #ghostsoftheseason
www.vaultofghastlytales.com/2015/12/a-st...
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Today’s installment of #ghostsoftheseason is Ellen Wood’s ‘Reality or Delusion?’ featuring the Eve of All Souls, a tragic love triangle, and stolen bags of corn. What more could you ask for?
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Day 6 of #ghostsoftheseason is Margaret Oliphant's early supernatural story "A Christmas Tale," published in Blackwood's in 1857 & later included in the series Tales from Blackwood. It's not quite a ghost story, but definitely has an eerie atmosphere.
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Day 5 of #ghostsoftheseason brings us Marjorie Bowen's "The Crown Derby Plate," published in THE LAST BOUQUET (1933). In this story, Martha Pym visits Hartleys to complete her china set AND to see a ghost.
She gets more than she bargains for…
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Day 4 of #ghostsoftheseason is Gertrude Minnie Robins (1861-1939), also known as "Mrs. Baillie Reynolds." She published several of her ghost stories in THE RELATIONS: WHAT THEY RELATED (1902). The stories follow the holiday tradition of telling ghostly tales around the fire.
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Photo of a dark crypt.
For day 3 of #ghostsoftheseason enjoy Mary Cholmondeley’s ‘Let Loose.’ Before entering the crypt, ‘be careful that you lock the first door at the foot of the steps before you unlock the second, and lock the second also while you are within.’
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A dark and foggy London residential street showing a front door and lighted street lamps.
Day 2 of #ghostsoftheseason brings us Bithia Mary Croker’s “Number Ninety,” where the conversation moves from mushrooms, murders, racing, and cholera, to sudden death, churchyards & ghosts. And if we learn anything from ghost stories, beware houses with low rents!
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Welcome to #ghostsoftheseason! First up, two stories by Louisa Baldwin: a ghostly elevator ride and a nighttime visit from a recently drowned woman. 👻❄️📚
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‘Tis the season for ghost stories! I’m working on the list for this year’s #ghostsoftheseason which begins on Sunday. I'll be posting stories with winter and/or holiday settings—with some other classics mixed in—throughout December. 👻 ❄️📚
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Rosemary Timperley's "Christmas Meeting” was included in THE SECOND GHOST BOOK (1952). Timperley keeps us guessing in this one: who is the ghost?? #ghostsoftheseason
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F. E. M. Notley's "Striking Midnight” was published in The Argosy in December 1881 (available on Google books). #ghostsoftheseason
When the candle flame burns blue, a ghost approaches…
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For day 10 of #ghostsoftheseason we have Charlotte Riddell's "A Strange Christmas Game," published in Routledge's Broadway Annual in 1868, in which a ghostly game of cribbage does not end well.
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