Spirits of Christmas
Edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
A collection of holiday chillers follows the stories of a doctor who makes a house call to a ghost, a psychic detective who must exorcise a well-known holiday icon, and a boy who learns a faraway planet's history from his pet.
Contents:
- Introduction by David G. Hartwell
- The Prescription by Marjorie Bowen
- The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa by John Kendrick Bangs
- How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen by Gene Wolfe
- Old Applejoy's Ghost by Frank R. Stockton
- Green Holly by Elizabeth Bowen
- Floodlights by Martha Soukup
- The Real and the Counterfeit by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin
- Snow Ghosts by Richard A. Lupoff
- Unawares by Hildegarde Hawthorne
- A Midwinter's Tale by Michael Swanwick
- The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens
- The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story by Ch-r-s D-c-k-n-s by Bret Harte
- The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge by James Morrow
- O Come Little Children... by Chet Williamson
- But Do You Recall...? by Greg Cox
- A Handful of Silver by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- A Masquerade of Voices by Susan Palwick
- The Breakdown by Marjorie Bowen
- The Peculiar Demesne by Russell Kirk
- Icicle Music by Michael Bishop
David G. Hartwell
David Geddes Hartwell (1941-2016) was an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He worked for Signet (1971–73), Berkley Putnam (1973–78), Pocket (where he founded the Timescape imprint, 1980–85, and created the Pocket Books Star Trek publishing line), and Tor Books (where he spearheaded Tor's Canadian publishing initiative at CAN-CON in Ottawa, and was also influential in bringing many Australian writers to the US market, 1984-date), and published numerous anthologies. Since 1995, his title at Tor/Forge Books was "Senior Editor." He chaired the board of directors of the World Fantasy Convention and, with Gordon Van Gelder, was the administrator of the Philip K. Dick Award. He held a Ph.D. in comparative medieval literature.