Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard

Assembled by an authority on vintage thrillers, these 17 Victorian-era stories of the macabre include works from around the world by both popular and lesser-known authors. Among the more celebrated contributors to this collection are Ambrose Bierce, Robert Barr, R. Murray Gilchrist, Mrs. H. H. Riddell, Richard Marsh, and Guy Boothby.

CONTENTS

The Haunted Station / Hume Nesbit —

The Hour and the Man / Robert Barr —

Nut Bush Farm / Mrs. J. H. Riddell —

The Man Who Coined His Blood in Gold / J. H. Pearce —

The Shrine of Death / Lady Dilke —

The Black Veil / Lady Dilke —

The Ways of Ghosts / Ambrose Bierce —

The Fever Queen / by K & H Prichard —

The Permanent Stiletto / W. C. Morrow —

The Houseboat / Richard Marsh —

Dame Inowslad / R. Murray Gilchrist —

The Mountain of Spirits / Anonymous —

The Golden Bracelet / Anonymous —

The Tyburn Ghost / The Countess of Munster —

Remorseless Vengeance / Guy Boothby —

The Green Bottle / Bernard Capes —

An Eddy on the Floor / Bernard Capes.

• Author
• Hugh Lamb, Charlotte Riddell, Richard Marsh, R. Murray Gilchrist, Anonymous, E. Heron, H. Heron, Wilhelmina Fitzclarence, Guy Newell Boothby, Bernard Capes, Hume Nesbit, Robert Barr, J.H. Pearce, Emilia Francis Strong Dilke, Ambrose Bierce, Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, Kate Prichard, W.C. Morrow

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 240

• Publisher
• Dover Publications

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780486434292

• Genres
• horror, victorian, gothic, anthologies, ghosts

• Release date
• 2004