Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories

by Jack Sullivan (Editor)

Gathers ghost stories by Le Fanu, de la Mare, Walpole, Wells, and Campbell, and discusses the significance of each work

Genres: Horror

440 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1983

Reviews

[Charles Schneider · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb introduction to the British ghost story. Many rare treasures here, quite a number of the authors represented here would only become more familiar to lovers of the outre and ghostly - - years later when Ash Tree, Ghost Story, Tartarus and the other brilliant presses would appear and revive these ghostly gems.

[Scott Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all anthologies, this book is a mixed bag, but the hit to miss ratio here is pretty good. There are some excellent stories here and only a few that missed the mark for me. My only real complaint is Sullivan's needlessly complicated definition of a ghost story. It's really quite simple: if the story has a ghost in it, then it's a ghost story. If it doesn't, it isn't. And about half of the stories here don't. But if you like obscure horror stories, you ought to love this book -- if you can find it.