The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories

by Peter Haining (Editor)

Other authors: Julian Barnes (Contributor), Algernon Blackwood (Contributor), James Hadley Chase (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Mary Higgins Clark (Contributor) — 24 more, EM Delafield (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Theodore Dreiser (Contributor), Daphne du Maurier (Contributor), Stella Gibbons (Contributor), Winston Graham (Contributor), Henry James (Contributor), Pamela Hansford Johnson (Contributor), Henry Kuttner (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), Arthur Machen (Contributor), Abraham Merritt (Contributor), John Clifford Mortimer (Contributor), Alfred Noyes (Contributor), JB Priestley (Contributor), Ruth Rendell (Contributor), Stevie Smith (Contributor), Muriel Spark (Contributor), John Steinbeck (Contributor), William Trevor (Contributor), Edgar Wallace (Contributor), Fay Weldon (Contributor), HG Wells (Contributor), PG Wodehouse (Contributor)

Series: Mammoth Ghosts

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Peter Haining has assembled a collection of the best literary ghost stories of the century, by writers as diverse as Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck, Fay Weldon and John Mortimer.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Haining, Peter	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Barnes, Julian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blackwood, Algernon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chase, James Hadley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Christie, Agatha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clark, Mary Higgins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Delafield, EM	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Doyle, Arthur Conan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dreiser, Theodore	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
du Maurier, Daphne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gibbons, Stella	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Graham, Winston	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
James, Henry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Pamela Hansford	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kuttner, Henry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Machen, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Merritt, Abraham	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mortimer, John Clifford	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Noyes, Alfred	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Priestley, JB	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rendell, Ruth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Stevie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Spark, Muriel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Steinbeck, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trevor, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wallace, Edgar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Weldon, Fay	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wells, HG	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wodehouse, PG	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A Programmed Christmas Carol by John Mortimer

The Third Person by Henry James

The Presence by the Fire by H.G. Well

How It Happened by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Ghostly Duel [short story] by Jack London

The Hand by Theodore Dreiser

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The Ghost of Down Hill [short story] by Edgar Wallace

Honeysuckle Cottage [short story] by P. G. Wodehouse

Benighted by J. B. Priestley

Sophy Mason Comes Back by E.M. Delafield

In A Glass Darkly [short story] by Agatha Christie

The Bowmen by Arthur Machen

The Other Side of the Medal by Stella Gibbons

Three Lines of Old French by Abraham Merritt

The Lusitania Waits by Noyes Alfred

Vengeance Is Mine [short story] by Algernon Blackwood

We Are the Dead by Henry Kuttner

Escort [short story] by Daphne Du Maurier

The Elf in Algiers by John Steinbeck

The Mirror in Room 23 by James Hadley Chase

Sloane Square by Pamela Hansford Johnson

The Leaf-Sweeper by Muriel Spark

At the Chalet Lartrec by Winston Graham

The Love of a Good Woman by William Trevor

The Haunting of Shawley Rectory by Ruth Rendell

A Good Sound Marriage [short story] by Fay Weldon

A Self-Possessed Woman by Julian Barnes

A Figment in Time by Peter Haining

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Peter Haining has assembled a collection of the best literary ghost stories of the century, by writers as diverse as Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck, Fay Weldon and John Mortimer.

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One: The golden era.
- The third person / Henry James
- The presence by the fire / H.G. Wells
- How it happened / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A ghostly duel / Jack London
- The hand / Theodore Dreiser
- The Ghost of Down Hill / Edgar Wallace
- Honeysuckle Cottage / P.G. Wodehouse
- The old dark house / J.B. Priestley
- Sophy Mason comes back / E.M. Delafield
- In a glass darkly / Agatha Christie
Two: The phantom army.
- The bowmen / Arthur Machen
- The other side of the medal / Stella Gibbons
- Three lines of old French / A. Merritt
- The Lusitania waits / Alfred Noyes
- Vengeance is mine / Algernon Blackwood
- We are the dead / Henry Kuttner
- The escort / Daphne du Maurier
- The elf in Algiers / John Steinbeck
- The mirror in room 22 / James Hadley Chase
- Is there a life beyond the gravy? / Stevie Smith
Three: The modern tradition.
- Sloane Square / Pamela Hansford Johnson
- The leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark
- At the Chalet Lartrec / Winston Graham
- The love of a good woman / William Trevor
- The haunting of Shawley Rectory / Ruth Rendell
- Voices in the coalbin / Mary Higgins Clark
- A good sound marriage / Fay Weldon
- A self-possessed woman / Julian Barnes
- A programmed Christmas carol / John Mortimer
- A figment in time / Peter Haining