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Spirits of Christmas

Spirits of Christmas

Elizabeth Bowen
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Telling ghost stories at Christmas has been traditional since Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in this wide-ranging collection of holiday chills we revisit this custom with tales both old and new.A young man decides to impersonate his school chum's family ghost. A doctor makes a house call to a woman who died years ago. A child begs to go back to a disreputable Santa who may be Someone Else. An old man hears a ghostly voice from a doll in a hospital room. A psychic detective is called in to exorcise a certain well-known holiday icon. A boy hears the story of his far planet's history from the family pet.

These aren't your traditional holiday tales.

Contents
1 • Introduction • • essay by David G. Hartwell
5 • The Prescription • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
27 • The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa • • short story by John Kendrick Bangs
37 • How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen • • short story by Gene Wolfe
47 • Old Applejoy's Ghost • • short story by Frank R. Stockton
67 • Green Holly • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
81 • Floodlights • • short story by Martha Soukup
95 • The Real and the Counterfeit • • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin
116 • Snow Ghosts • • short story by Richard A. Lupoff
130 • Unawares • • short story by Hildegarde Hawthorne
137 • A Midwinter's Tale • • short story by Michael Swanwick
157 • The Haunted Man • [Christmas Books] • • novella by Charles Dickens
268 • The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story by Ch-r--s D-ck-ns • • short story by Bret Harte
278 • The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge • • short story by James Morrow
288 • O Come Little Children ... • • short story by Chet Williamson
301 • But Do You Recall ... ? • • short story by Greg Cox
309 • A Handful of Silver • • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
319 • A Masquerade of Voices • • short story by Susan Palwick
336 • The Breakdown • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
348 • The Peculiar Demesne • • novelette by Russell Kirk
385 • Icicle Music • • short story by Michael Bishop
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1995
ISBN 13
9780812551594

Spirits of Christmas

Elizabeth Bowen
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Telling ghost stories at Christmas has been traditional since Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in this wide-ranging collection of holiday chills we revisit this custom with tales both old and new.A young man decides to impersonate his school chum's family ghost. A doctor makes a house call to a woman who died years ago. A child begs to go back to a disreputable Santa who may be Someone Else. An old man hears a ghostly voice from a doll in a hospital room. A psychic detective is called in to exorcise a certain well-known holiday icon. A boy hears the story of his far planet's history from the family pet.

These aren't your traditional holiday tales.

Contents
1 • Introduction • • essay by David G. Hartwell
5 • The Prescription • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
27 • The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa • • short story by John Kendrick Bangs
37 • How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen • • short story by Gene Wolfe
47 • Old Applejoy's Ghost • • short story by Frank R. Stockton
67 • Green Holly • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
81 • Floodlights • • short story by Martha Soukup
95 • The Real and the Counterfeit • • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin
116 • Snow Ghosts • • short story by Richard A. Lupoff
130 • Unawares • • short story by Hildegarde Hawthorne
137 • A Midwinter's Tale • • short story by Michael Swanwick
157 • The Haunted Man • [Christmas Books] • • novella by Charles Dickens
268 • The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story by Ch-r--s D-ck-ns • • short story by Bret Harte
278 • The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge • • short story by James Morrow
288 • O Come Little Children ... • • short story by Chet Williamson
301 • But Do You Recall ... ? • • short story by Greg Cox
309 • A Handful of Silver • • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
319 • A Masquerade of Voices • • short story by Susan Palwick
336 • The Breakdown • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
348 • The Peculiar Demesne • • novelette by Russell Kirk
385 • Icicle Music • • short story by Michael Bishop
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1995
ISBN 13
9780812551594

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