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The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories

The Times

First published 1975
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages 195
Price £2.95
ISBN 0224011952

The thirteen stories in this book were selected from several thousand entered in a ghost story competition organized in the spring of 1975 by Jonathan Cape in conjunction with The Times newspaper


• Month from Amazon.uk • Contents from The Supernatural Index. • "Jacket design by Mon Mohan" on back flap of Archive.org copy. LeFanu's story has the words "A Ghost Story for Children" below the title on its title page but not on the contents page.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Marius the Doll F. Terry Newman Short Story
23 The Axe Penelope Fitzgerald Short Story
32 The Resident John Stevens Short Story
42 A Scent of Mimosa Francis King Short Story
59 The Harpsichord Elizabeth LeFanu Short Story
72 The Doll Named Silvio Michael Kernan Short Story
89 Summer Shades Oliver Knox Short Story
104 Nicola D. A. Koster Short Story
119 The Locket Laurence Grafftey-Smith Short Story
132 A Self-Possessed Woman Julian Barnes Short Story
150 Dengué Fever Paul Theroux Short Story
162 The Sword Of Frey Brian R. Hall Short Story
179 Sea Voices Keith Miles (1940-) Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories Cover 1977 Corgi Paperback Anthology 192