The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories

There is a life beyond the grave unlike the lives we live, and its ghostly character has inspired some of the ghastliest tales of terror committed to paper. The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories collects twenty-eight tales of ghosts and hauntings that rank as some of the most frightening fiction written in the past two centuries. Drawn from a rich heritage of horror stories that span the American and European continents, its contents give shape to that most ephemeral formthe ghost that lies in wait for the living, and that manifests to us in our most vulnerable moments. Selections include:The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis StevensonThe Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford Oh, Whistle, and Ill Come to You, My Lad by M.R. JamesThe Beckoning Fair One by Oliver OnionsThe Clock by William Fryer HarveyIn the Vault by H.P. LovecraftThough occasionally invisible, and often intangible, the ghosts in these tales are far from insubstantial. They prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that what you cant see can scare you.