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Cover of The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories

The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories

Dennis Pepper

First published 1994
Publisher Oxford University Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Simon Marsden
Pages vi+314
Price £12.99
ISBN 019278126X

Illustrations by Nick Harris, Jonathan Heap, Ian Miller, Brian Pedley, Eric Stemp & Adam Stower. The original photography on the cover of Coolbairn House, Co. Wexford S. Ireland is by Simon Marsden.

Year Reviewer Publication
1994 Christopher Roden All Hallows, October 1994

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories) Dennis Pepper Essay
3 The Rivals Vivien Alcock Short Story
12 Spook House Marc Alexander Short Story
20 The House with the Brick-Kiln E. F. Benson Short Story
32 The Monkeys Ruskin Bond Short Story
37 Room at the Inn Sydney J. Bounds Short Story
42 The Crown Derby Plate Marjorie Bowen Short Story
55 Mayday! Redvers Brandling Short Story
60 It Was Rose Hall Petronella Breinburg Short Story
68 Earthbound Roberta Simpson Brown Short Story
70 The Marble Hands Bernard Capes Short Story
73 Fat Andy Stephen Dunstone Short Story
85 Bang, Bang—Who's Dead? Jane Gardam Short Story
95 Carlotta Adèle Geras Short Story
103 Little Black Pies John Gordon Short Story
109 The Guitarist Grace Hallworth Short Story
111 The Chocolate Ghost Julia Hawkes-Moore Short Story
120 Children on the Bridge Kenneth Ireland Short Story
133 Rats M. R. James Short Story
140 The Haunted Mill Jerome K. Jerome Short Story
144 The Last Bus J. M. Johnson-Smith Short Story
148 The Scene of the Crime Gerald Kersh Short Story
154 'Tain't So Maria Leach Short Fiction
156 The Servant Michael MacLiammoir Short Story
160 In Black and White Jan Mark Short Story
170 The Warning Joyce Marsh Short Story
181 John Charrington's Wedding E. Nesbit Short Story
190 Dead Call William F. Nolan Short Story
194 Caves in Cliffs Josh Pachter Short Story
204 The Running-Companion Philippa Pearce Short Story
211 Gibson's Ann Pilling Short Story
225 The Servant Alison Prince Short Story
238 The Ring and the Rib J. J. Reneaux Short Story
244 A Pair of Muddy Shoes Lennox Robinson Short Story
251 The Hard-Working Ghost Dal Stivens Short Story
257 The Tale of Caseley Halt Barry Sutton Short Story
263 Christmas Meeting Rosemary Timperley Short Story
266 An Apple for Miss Stevenson Michael Vestey Short Story
280 Dual Control Elizabeth Walter Short Story
290 The Call Robert Westall Short Story
304 The Little Yellow Dog Mary Williams Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories Cover 1996 Oxford University Press Trade Paperback Anthology Simon Marsden 314