The theme of this collection of fifteen chilling stories is strikingly each story is based on its author’s personal experience of the supernatural and is introduced with details of that ghostly confrontation.Peter Haining is skilled in the art of bringing together horrifying tales. He is the editor of Nightfrights and The Monster Makers which were especially selected for younger readers, as well as many anthologies for adults. He is considered one of the foremost authorities on ghosts and witchcraft in the country.Table of Contents9 Editor's Introduction (The Ghost's Companion) essay by Peter Haining15 A School Story (1911) short story by M. R. James25 The Red Lodge (1928) short story by H. Russell Wakefield [as by H. R. Wakefield]41 The Furnished Room (1904) short story by O. Henry50 A Haunted Island (1899) short story by Algernon Blackwood70 My Own True Ghost Story (1888) short story by Rudyard Kipling80 The Hands of the Karma short story by Lafcadio Hearn *variant of Ingwa-banashi (1899)87 The Monstrance (1915) short story by Arthur Machen94 Escort (1940) short story by Daphne du Maurier —an eerie sea story114 South Sea Bubble (1973) short story by Hammond Innes123 Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner (1962) short story by August Derleth *variant of Halloween for Mr. Faulkner (1959)135 The Ghost (1926) short story by Richard Hughes140 The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] (1943) short story by Dennis Wheatley154 Smoke Ghost (1941) short story by Fritz Leiber174 Aunt Jezebel's House (1975) short story by Joan Aiken about a very unusual small boy183 Fever Dream (1948) short story by Ray Bradbury