The Twentieth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Aunt Hester (1975) short story by Brian Lumley
2. Skin Deep short story by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris
3. How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery (1911) short story by E. F. Benson
4. Carrie Liddicoat's Cottage short story by Meg Buxton
5. The Diary of William Carpenter (1943) short story by John Atkins
6. The Roads of Donnington short story by Rick Kennett
7. The Running Tide (1931) short story by A. M. Burrage
8. A Lady in the Night short story by Dorothy K. Haynes
9. The Villa Désirée (1921) short story by May Sinclair
10. Graveyard Lodge short story by Heather Vineham
11. Ordeal by Fire short story by Gladys Law
12. Our Lady of the Shadows short story by Tony Richards
13. The Rip Current short story by Daphne Froome
14. My Very Best Friend (1978) short fiction 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.
