Christmas After Dark - 36 Holiday Ghost Stories & Supernatural Thrillers

Charles Dickens · Robert Louis Stevenson · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · George MacDonald · Arthur Conan Doyle · Algernon Blackwood · Thomas Hardy · John Kendrick Bangs · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Grant Allen · Saki · Fergus Hume · William Douglas O'Connor · Florence Marryat · Catherine Crowe · James Bowker · J. M. Barrie · E. F. Benson · Jerome K. Jerome · M. R. James · Sabine Baring-Gould · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · Frank R. Stockton · Louisa M. Alcott · Leonard Kip · Lucie E. Jackson · Katherine Rickford · Bithia Mary Croker · Catherine L. Pirkis

Dec 2023 · DigiCat

About this ebook

Who would ever say no to the master story tellers when they have to offer their darkest tingling Christmas mysteries and horror tales as a holiday present: The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost; or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson) Transition (Algernon Blackwood) The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)

About the author

Charles Dickens (1812–1870), a literary colossus of the Victorian era, remains one of the most widely read English authors to this day. Dickens's works are celebrated for their poignant examination of social issues, their rich tapestry of characters, and a narrative style both humorous and trenchant. Several of his novels, such as 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Bleak House', have become touchstones of Western literature. While 'Christmas After Dark - 36 Holiday Ghost Stories & Supernatural Thrillers' is not a book penned by Dickens himself, it likely draws upon the ghostly Christmas traditions he popularized. Dickens had a fondness for the macabre and often explored the supernatural in his work, though always with a moral underpinning. His stories brim with moral dilemmas, the plight of the underprivileged, and a critique of the British class system. Dickens's narrative prowess and deeply embedded social commentary have led to a profound impact on both literature and society, prompting discussions that transcend the epochs he depicted. Literary scholars often scrutinize his texts to understand the socio-economic narratives of the 19th century. His literary style continues to influence and resonate in contemporary storytelling, as he deftly wove entertainment and moral guidance into each of his works.