WELSH TALES OF TERROR: Jordan; Cadi Hughes; A Cry of Children; The Shining Pyramid; Animals or Human Beings; The Morgan Trust; Water-Horses and Spirits of the Mist; Be This Her Memorial; The Lost Gold Mine; Mrs. Jones

by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Editor/Contributor), Justin Todd (cover illustration), Glyn Jones (Contributor)

Cover art credit from The Magical Paintings of Justin Todd , p10-11.

Welsh Tales of Terror • (1973) • anthology by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Contents
9 • Introduction (Welsh Tales of Terror) • (1973) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
13 • Jordan • (1973) • short story by Glyn Jones (1905-1995)
27 • Old Ben • (1973) • short fiction by Hazel F. Looker
28 • A Cry of Children • (1969) • short story by John Christopher
45 • The Cyoeraeth (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by W. Howells
46 • The Shining Pyramid • (1895) • novelette by Arthur Machen
70 • The Brown Hobgoblin of Bedd Gelert (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by D. E. Jenkins
71 • Animals or Human Beings • (1955) • short story by Angus Wilson
76 • The Man on a Bike • (1973) • short fiction by Hazel F. Looker
78 • The Morgan Trust • (1961) • short story by L. P. Davies [as by Richard Bridgeman]
91 • Dead Man's Candle (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Marie Trevelyan
92 • Water Horses and Spirits of the Mist (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Marie Trevelyan
104 • Be This Her Memorial • (1915) • short story by Caradoc Evans
104 • The Tolling Bell (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Marie Trevelyan
109 • The Black Lady of Boverton(excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Marie Trevelyan
110 • The Lost Gold Mine • (1973) • short story by Hazel F. Looker
119 • Satan and a Load of Bibles (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Elias Owen [as by Rev. Elias Owen]
120 • Mrs. Jones • (1973) • short story by Dorothy K. Haynes
126 • The Ghost of Pont Cnnca Bach (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by W. Howells
127 • The Reverend John Jones and the Ghostly Horseman • (1966) • short story by Ronald Seth
134 • Corpse Candles (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by W. Howells
135 • Cadi Hughes • (1937) • short story by Glyn Jones (1905-1995)
140 • The White Lady of Aberglaslyn Pass (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by D. E. Jenkins
141 • Black Goddess • (1966) • short story by Jack Griffith
157 • The Devil's Tree (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by Elias Owen [as by Rev. Elias Owen]
158 • The Stranger • (1923) • short story by Richard Hughes
166 • A Perilous Struggle (excerpt) • (1973) • short fiction by D. E. Jenkins
167 • Lord Dunwilliam and the Cwn Annwn • (1973) • novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Anthologies

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes aka Angus Campbell.

Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was an author, best known for his ghost stories. His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man From The Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave.

He won the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement for 1988, and the British Fantasy Society Special Award in 1989.

Reviews

[Collin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I adore the final story. Wow. There are good stories throughout, but the last one is my favorite.

[Tom Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great collection of stories, though it's fair to say a few have aged poorly with regard to the prevalent misogyny. Highlights include (in order of appearance):

"Jordan", by Glyn Jones

"The Morgan Trust", by Richard Bridgeman

"Lord Dunwilliam and the Cwn Annwn", by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

The latter is particularly excellent, to the extent I'd accuse Chetwynd-Hayes of putting the collection together just to have somewhere to put his phenomenal short story.

[Dave Musson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this for 50p in my local secondhand bookshop and had a fun time burning through the tales here - along with the regular intermissions of Welsh folklore too. Some favourites include Black Goddess by Jack Griffith, Cadi Hughes and Jordan both by Glyn Jones, and The Morgan Trust by Richard Bridgeman. However, the one that really got under my skin was John Christopher’s A Cry of Children - that ending was a shocker!

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[Lynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

First read this as a thirteen-year old (if the date inside the cover is to be believed). Eclectic collection edited by gothic favourite Ronald Chetwynd Hayes and featuring works by Hayes himself as well as Arthur Machen and John Christoper. The short stories are interwoven with traditional retellings of local sightings and ghostly tales pertaining to particular regions. A favourite has to be 'A Cry of Children' (a story that has stayed with me since I first read it, though I had forgotten it is actually set locally) which deals with the meeting of a young locum with the wife of a children's writer.
A decent collection that is all the better for the revisit. I did have good taste as a teenager!!

[Doskoi_panda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good collection of ghost stories and superstitions from Wales, though by no means scholarly. There are tales of terror from Welsh authors (Arthur Machen being the author best known to me), excerpts from old folklore accounts (including ghost stories), and brief tidbits of information on types of goblins and other faerie-type folk. I'd give it 3.5 stars really, rather than 4, but it is an enjoyable read.