The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Situation Vacant short story by Meg Buxton
2. Drake's Drum short story by Rick Kennett
3. In the Dark (1885) short story by Mary E. Penn
4. A Day Out (1969) short story by Richard Davis
5. The Fetch short story by Tina Rath
6. Shadows on the Grass short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
7. Guests from Gibbet Island (1839) short story by Washington Irving
8. Safety Zone short story by Alan W. Lear
9. The Way Shadows Fall (1975) short story by James Turner
10. The Tryst short story by Garry Kilworth
11. An Apparition (1923) short story by Guy de Maupassant
12. Lost Eden short story by Heather Vineham
13. Still Life short story by Daphne Froome
14. They Walk At Evening short story by Mary Williams
15. Tomorrow's Ghost (1981) novelette 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.
