The Story of the Fantom Ass—Judge Byers’ Change of Heart

"A Christmas Carol: The Story of the Fantom Ass—Judge Byers’ Change of Heart" is an 1886 short story printed in Texas Siftings that I'd transcribed for the Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories volume four, that had focused on North American stories. For the most part we ended up steering away from humorous examples like that one, thinking that modern readers' interest in the subgenre has been directed by the line in the song: "scary ghost stories." The Victorians weren't so particular; stories with rational conclusions (and no ghost) or ridiculous conclusions (the "ghost" was a sleepwalker in a white nightgown) were common. Short stories or poems that were humorous from beginning to end were also frequently encountered.

Will there ever been a volume focusing only on the humorous examples? I don't know: is there enough demand for one?