The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Eye to Eye short story by Roger F. Dunkley
2. Housewarming short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
3. Kindred Spirits short story by Rick Kennett
4. The Ankardyne Pew (1979) short story by William Fryer Harvey
5. Outside Agency short story by Daphne Froome
6. The Empty Schoolroom (1950) short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson
7. Off the Deep End short story by Phillip C. Heath
8. The Summer House short story by Heather Vineham
9. The Ferries short story by Ramsey Campbell
10. The New Old House short story by Robert Solomon
11. Bad Company (1954) short story by Walter de la Mare
12. The Old Rectory Well short story by Patricia Moynehan
13. Streets of the City short story by Tony Richards
14. Kecksies (1925) short story by Marjorie Bowen
15. Above and Beyond short story by Charles Brameld
16. The Chair (1978) 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.
