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Authors: Hugh Lamb
ISBN-13: 9780486434292, ISBN-10: 048643429X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Hugh Lamb

Book Synopsis

Assembled by an authority on vintage thrillers, these 17 Victorian-era stories of the macabre include works from around the world by both popular and lesser-known authors. Among the more celebrated contributors to this collection are Ambrose Bierce, Robert Barr, R. Murray Gilchrist, Mrs. H. H. Riddell, Richard Marsh, and Guy Boothby.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements6
Editor's Introduction7
The Haunted Station9
The Hour and the Man29
Nut Bush Farm38
The Man Who Coined His Blood into Gold76
The Shrine of Death82
The Black Veil86
The Ways of Ghosts89
The Fever Queen97
The Permanent Stiletto109
The Houseboat121
Dame Inowslad142
The Mountain of Spirits148
The Golden Bracelet156
The Tyburn Ghost163
Remorseless Vengeance170
The Green Bottle180
An Eddy on the Floor191

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