The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Introduction (The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes11 The House in the Wood (1937) short story by John Hastings Turner21 Fear (1944) short story by P. C. Wren44 The Furnished Room (1904) short story by O. Henry50 To Keep Him Company short story by Rosemary Timperley61 In the Mist (1971) short story by Elizabeth Walter78 On the Brighton Road (1912) short story by Richard Middleton82 Smee (1929) short story by A. M. Burrage [as by Ex-Private X]94 Master Ghost and I (1973) short story by Barbara Softly112 The Moonlit Road (1907) short story by Ambrose Bierce121 Two Trifles (1934) short story by Oliver Onions132 Wicked Captain Walshawe (1937) short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu *variant of Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling (1864) [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]143 Monkshood Manor (1954) short story by L.P. Hartley156 The Chapel Men short story by A.E. Ellis165 The Birthright (1931) short story by Hilda Hughes173 Non-Paying Passengers short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes