Cornish Tales of Terror
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. The Limp Corpse (1865) by Robert Hunt
2. The Roll-Call of the Reef (1931) by Arthur Quiller-Couch
3. The Hooting Cairn (excerpt) by Robert Hunt
4. The Misanthrope (1918) by J. D. Beresford
5. Arise, Tucker by Robert Hunt
6. The Botathen Ghost (1867) by R. S. Hawker
7. The Phantom Ship by Robert Hunt
8. All Souls' Night (1945) by A. L. Rowse
9. Calling of the Dead by Robert Hunt
10. The Narrow Way (1923) by R. Ellis Roberts
11. The Hour Has Come... by Robert Hunt
12. The Phantom Hare (1873) by M. H.
13. Was It 'The Flying Dutchman'? by Robert Hunt
14. The Iron Pineapple (1926) by Eden Phillpotts
15. Give Me My Teeth-- Give Me My Teeth by Robert Hunt
16. Wish Me Luck (1934) by H. A. Manhood
17. The Hell-Hounds (excerpt) by T. Quiller Couch
18. Mrs. Lunt (1926) by Hugh Walpole
19. The Suicide's Spearman (1865) by Robert Hunt
20. The Birds (1952) by Daphne du Maurier
21. The Bargest by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
22. The Spectre Bridegroom (1865) by Robert Hunt
23. Kenidzhek Witch (1865) by Robert Hunt
24. The Bodmin Terror by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
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