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Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, M.R. James & Robert W. Chambers: Celebrating early masters of classic ghost stories and weird fiction

Who are the greatest writers of classic short ghost stories and weird fiction? My money is on the likes of Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Robert W. Chambers, and M.R. James.

To that end, I spent most of the winter curled up in my library late at night with a nice cup of Irish breakfast tea and a quartet of volumes containing selected works by each of these masterful writers.

How would I rank them,

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Average rating: 3.86 · 121 ratings · 56 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Death Chute 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Nighttime Journey of Father Stephen Marlowe 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Hollow 3.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stupefying Stories: August 2016 by Sarah Read (Goodreads Author), Edoardo Albert (Goodreads Author), Conor Powers-Smith 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II by Stuart Conover (Goodreads Author), J. Lamm, Nathan Pettigrew 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanitarium #10 (2013) by Barry Skelhorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian Sputnik (Goodreads Author), James Barton 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muffled Scream I: Corner of the Eye by Douglas Owen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ambrose Stolliker (Goodreads Author), Nick Barton it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Deaths of Ezekiel Moseley (Short Reads Book 30) by Ambrose Stolliker (Goodreads Author), Janet Wright (Editor), Black Hare Press it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weird City No. 2: Death or Resurrection 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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