Ghost Stories of Innerpeffray

by Helen Grant

Ghost Stories of Innerpeffray was written by award-winning author Helen Grant when she was Writer in Residence at Innerpeffray for Hallowe'en 2013.

Published here, in chapbook format, in full for the first time, this is your chance to meet the Library Ghosts ...

NB This chapbook was produced in support of Innerpeffray Library and is available exclusively from the Library's online shop.

Paperback

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Helen Grant has a passion for the Gothic and for ghost stories. Joyce Carol Oates has described her as 'a brilliant chronicler of the uncanny as only those who dwell in places of dripping, graylit beauty can be.' A lifelong fan of the ghost story writer M.R.James, she has spoken at two M.R.James conferences and appeared at the Dublin Ghost Story Festival. She lives in Perthshire with her family, and when not writing, she likes to explore abandoned country houses and swim in freezing lochs.

Helen's most recent novel Jump Cut was published by Fledgling Press in 2023.

Reviews

[Vivienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a deliciously scary collection of MR James style ghost stories set in a 300+ year-old Scottish library. The book is slim, just 32 pages of main content, in a small chapbook format. But it's nevertheless worth seeking out for fans of good ghost stories. There are three main stories, with an over-arching framing narrative. I would recommend reading them over three nights, although you may have nightmares as a result! All three stories are strong, and make good use of the real historic library which they are based on. All the stories involve dangers in old books, and other ideas used include spectres, and spells, and horrors from the grave. Thoroughly recommend this collection anyway. It is wonderfully disturbing to read, and it's raising money for the Library of Innerpeffray.

[Canavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

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