Check out Peter Haining's anthology THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HAUNTED HOUSE STORIES, and make sure you do not miss:
Some of my favorites among those not already mentioned are: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "Ghost Stories of the Tiled House", Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House", Strage Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier Street", etc. Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "The Haunted and the Haunters" (though many modern readers hate the way the story is told) Oliver Onions's "The Beckoning Fair One" Herbert Russell Wakefield's "The Red Lodge", "Blind Man's Buff", "The Frontier Guards", "The Alley", "Ghost Hunt", etc. Russell Kirk's "Sorworth Place", "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding", "The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost", "Balgrummo's Hell", etc. Richard Matheson's "Shock", "Slaughter House" Robert Bloch's "The Hungry House" Robert E. Howard's "Pigeons from Hell" Nigel Kneale's screenplay "The Stone Tape" Stephen King's THE SHINING, "1408" Joan Aiken's THE HAUNTING OF LAMB HOUSE Jean Ray's MALPERTUIS Michael Reaves's "The Tearing of Greymare House" William Wood "One of the Dead" Ramsey Campbell - many stories, particularly those featuring haunted cinemas August Derleth "The Panelled Room", "The Sheraton Mirror", etc. W. W. Jacobs "The Toll House" May Sinclair "The Nature of the Evidence", "The Villa Desiree" William Hope Hodgson "The Whistling Room", "The Horse of the Invisible" Jim In a message dated 12/28/2005 4:11:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:16:15 -0000 > From: "thomas Kean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: wondering > > what are, in the opinions of the members of this group, the better > haunted house stories to read? "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, "Hell House" by Richard Matheson, after that, any of M.R. James' ghost stories, particularly "O, Whistle ,My Lad & I'll Come to You" with its "face of crumpled linen". [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/Zx0JAA/keeolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chapel_Perilous/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
