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I'd like to read more in this genre, any recommendations ? I've listened to a few adaptations on BBC Radio 4 over the years, but the authors names have passed me by...

Feliks Ghost stories (collected by) Edith Wharton, there's also a collection assembled by Henry James. Many of the classic 1800s/early 1900s horror authors p…moreGhost stories (collected by) Edith Wharton, there's also a collection assembled by Henry James. Many of the classic 1800s/early 1900s horror authors published anthologies of their own, or with them serving as editor. RW Chambers for instance. Chambers, and Poe, St. Villiers, Ambrose Bierce --all of these big names romped in the short story format. When it comes to radio; there's no more vivid or effective complement to the short horror story than than those Red/Blue/Mutual network audio plays from the '40s and '50s. There's 3 or 4 different versions of 'The Signal Man' alone. Anyway ...that's as may be. The real question is: what is UP with the hideous book cover chosen by Penguin, above? How horrible!(less)

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