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Ghosts of Every Flavor

Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season by ed. Tanya Kirk

November 18, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

So this is probably very American of me, but I did not realize, Dickens Christmas Carol notwithstanding, that ghost stories are apparently a British Christmas tradition.  Hereabouts, Halloween is the spooky season.  But here we have a collection of late 19th and early 20th century ghostly tales culled from the British Library. By and large this is a fairly amiable collection of ghosts.  They have Reasons to visit the living, mostly along the lines of unfinished business, but aren’t actively looking to harm anyone.  Belief […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Also a bit of Lovecraft even though he was American?, British ghost tales, ed. Tanya Kirk, historical tales, Jerome K. Jerome, late 19th and early 20th century

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Also a bit of Lovecraft even though he was American?, British ghost tales, ed. Tanya Kirk, historical tales, Jerome K. Jerome, late 19th and early 20th century ·
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