A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
A Stir of Echoes is written in Richard Matheson’s effective and understated prose style. The dialogue is strong and it has the sound and texture of reality. It is technically a ghost story, but it is much more. There is a well-developed mystery with a subtle flow of paranoia [...]
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A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson - Review
The Man in the Picture - A Ghost Story by Susan Hill - Review
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
On a dark and frosty night in Cambridge, an elderly scholar sits by the fire telling his ex-student the ’strange and somewhat disturbing’ story of a painting that hangs in the room. It depicts a Venetian carnival; in the foreground, a figure seems to be in distress. Apparently [...]
Five scariest books chosen by Olivia Laing
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
‘Sinister tale shows a young solicitor unravelling during a period of isolation.’
Five scariest books chosen by Olivia Laing, deputy books editor | Film | The Observer.
The Gate of Air by James Buchan - Review
The Gate of Air by James Buchan
Trailing a modern novel as a ghost story sets up some tangible expectations. There will be a haunted house, of course, an unexplained death or two, and a cast of potential witnesses to remain infuriatingly tight-lipped about events.
James Buchan’s seventh novel offers an unusual take on the ghost-story conventions, [...]
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