Eggp’s Reviews > The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Five > Status Update
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10. Phœnix - The Ghosts of the Bards, 3 stars. The ghosts of murdered druids play matchmaker.
11. Jessie Saxby - Hel-ya-water, 1 star. Viking poem.
12. Barry Pain - The Undying Thing, 3 stars. Ancestor dumps wolf baby in a cave, tradition says he'll come back to end the family.
— Dec 04, 2023 04:22PM
11. Jessie Saxby - Hel-ya-water, 1 star. Viking poem.
12. Barry Pain - The Undying Thing, 3 stars. Ancestor dumps wolf baby in a cave, tradition says he'll come back to end the family.
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19. Harry Grattan - A Christmas Ghost Story, 3 stars. Man hears an ominous noise drawing closer.
20. Arthur Walter Berry - Woden, the Wild Huntsman, 3 stars. Man witnesses the hunt in progress.
21. F.G. Grundemann - Squire Humperdinck and the Devil, 3 stars. Man sells his soul for wealth, boy tampers with the devil's messenger to everyone else's delight.
— Dec 07, 2023 03:59PM
20. Arthur Walter Berry - Woden, the Wild Huntsman, 3 stars. Man witnesses the hunt in progress.
21. F.G. Grundemann - Squire Humperdinck and the Devil, 3 stars. Man sells his soul for wealth, boy tampers with the devil's messenger to everyone else's delight.
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16. James Skipp Borlase - The Dead Hand, 3 stars. Naive maid steals a holy relic for her lover, spoils it with ill intentions.
17. James Skipp Borlase - The Wicked Lady Howard; or, The Coach Made of Dead Men’s Bones, 3 stars. Greedy wife asks her lover to murder her husband after she has a chance to spend his money.
18. Huan Mee - Ghost of the Living, 3 stars. Starving artist hears a ghost get on the train twice.
— Dec 06, 2023 07:43PM
17. James Skipp Borlase - The Wicked Lady Howard; or, The Coach Made of Dead Men’s Bones, 3 stars. Greedy wife asks her lover to murder her husband after she has a chance to spend his money.
18. Huan Mee - Ghost of the Living, 3 stars. Starving artist hears a ghost get on the train twice.
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13. Magister Monensis - The Siren, 3 stars. Dumbass decides to travel through a blizzard at night, hears a distressed woman calling him over cliffs.
14. Baroness de Bertouch - The Tryst, 2 stars. Song about a lady ghost crying over her dead lover in the Glen.
15. Adeline Sergeant - The Mummy Hand, 3 stars. Sickly Englishman is bribed to temporarily hide stolen artifacts, mummy is outraged about the theft of her ring.
— Dec 06, 2023 04:02PM
14. Baroness de Bertouch - The Tryst, 2 stars. Song about a lady ghost crying over her dead lover in the Glen.
15. Adeline Sergeant - The Mummy Hand, 3 stars. Sickly Englishman is bribed to temporarily hide stolen artifacts, mummy is outraged about the theft of her ring.
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07. Florence Marryat - That Awful Face!, 3 stars. Newlyweds bump along happily in their haunted home until the ghost starts showing her face.
08. Howell Davies - Two Christmas Eves, 3 stars. Man is visited by the ghost of his murdered father in law, later learns who committed the crime.
09. Mabel Collins - A Tale of Mystery, 2 stars. Friend is aided by a mystical Indian dwarf in saving his friend from a vampire.
— Dec 04, 2023 08:48AM
08. Howell Davies - Two Christmas Eves, 3 stars. Man is visited by the ghost of his murdered father in law, later learns who committed the crime.
09. Mabel Collins - A Tale of Mystery, 2 stars. Friend is aided by a mystical Indian dwarf in saving his friend from a vampire.
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04. Anonymous - Old Hell Shaft, 1 star. Wrestling over a mineshaft.
05. John Pitman - Ejected by a Ghost, 3 stars. New tenant gets spooked by a cold draft and open door.
06. Mrs. S.R. Townshend Mayer - The Netherstone Mystery, 3 stars. Man is hired to write a family history, flirts with a ghost all day.
— Dec 03, 2023 08:57AM
05. John Pitman - Ejected by a Ghost, 3 stars. New tenant gets spooked by a cold draft and open door.
06. Mrs. S.R. Townshend Mayer - The Netherstone Mystery, 3 stars. Man is hired to write a family history, flirts with a ghost all day.
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01. John Gibson Lockhart - Little Willie Bell, 3 stars. Little boy's ghost can't rest until he gives his last coin the the church.
02. Thomas Haynes Bayly - The Mistletoe Bough, 3 stars. Bride wins hide and seek, her corpse is found many years later.
03. Amelia B. Edwards - My Brother’s Ghost Story, 3 stars. [2023]
— Dec 02, 2023 06:55AM
02. Thomas Haynes Bayly - The Mistletoe Bough, 3 stars. Bride wins hide and seek, her corpse is found many years later.
03. Amelia B. Edwards - My Brother’s Ghost Story, 3 stars. [2023]
