The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Canon Alberic's Scrapbook (1895) short story by M. R. James
2. Mariners short story by Terry Tapp
3. Beyond the Red Door short story by Kenneth Hill
4. The Story of Medhans Lea (1916) short story by Hesketh Prichard and Kate Prichard
5. Just for the Record short story by Patricia Moynehan
6. The Cook's Room (1937) short story by Pansy Pakenham
7. Norton Camp short story by William Charlton
8. The Prescription (1929) short story by Marjorie Bowen
9. The Rock Garden short story by Heather Vineham
10. Brickett Bottom (1921) short story by Amyas Northcote
11. The Swan short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson
12. The Children and the Apple Tree (1980) short story by Meg Buxton
13. The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (1891) short story by John Kendrick Bangs
14. Destination Glen Doll short story by A. G. Scupham
15. She Walks on Dry Land (1980) short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
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R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (a.k.a. Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes or R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1919–2001) was an author, best known for his ghost stories. His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man From The Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave.
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
A series of twenty anthologies of ghost stories published from 1964 to 1984, the first eight edited by Robert Aickman and the remainder by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories consists of twenty books — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
