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[Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery] by Alfred Hitchcock
3.5★'s
A compilation of ghost and horror stories. The tales include "Miss Emmeline Takes Off" by Walter Brooks, "The Valley of the Beasts" by Algernon Blackwood, "The Haunted Trailer" by Robert Arthur, "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford, "The Wonderful Day" by Robert Arthur, "The Truth About Pyecraft" by H. G. Wells, "Housing Problem" by Henry Kuttner, "In a Dim Room" by Lord Dunsany, "Obstinate Uncle Otis" by Robert Arthur, "The Waxwork" by A. M. Burrage, and "The Isle of Voices" by Robert Louis Stevenson.As many of you know I have an 11 year old reading buddy...Brian. This was his choice for Halloween and since I needed some Halloween material I decided to read with him...something he needing me less and less for now:(. My favorite of these tales was
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford. It is now one of my favorite short stories of all time. It was creepy without being
too graphic for my reading companion. Brian says "It's just spooky and I liked it." It very much reminded me of the work of Shirley Jackson, and Susan Hill, two of my favorite 'ghostly witters.
