The Wind in the Rose-Bush, 1903; The Lost Ghost, 1903 & Luella Miller, 1903
Author: Mary Wilkins Freeman, 1852-1930
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The Wind in the Rose-Bush by Publication Date: 1903Rebecca Flint travels to Ford’s Village to claim her niece Agnes, who is living with her stepmother. On arrival, Rebecca finds the stepmother, and townsfolk, evasive, and Agnes is nowhere to be seen.
The Lost Ghost by Publication Date: 1903The widowed Mrs. Bird is haunted by a dead child abandoned by a profligate mother.
Luella Miller by Publication Date: 1903Luella Miller is a local woman who saps the life out of everyone who cares for her.
Between the Dark and the Daylight, 1907
Author: William Dean Howells, 1837-1920
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Between the Dark and the Daylight by Publication Date: 1907Matthew Lanfear had stopped off, between Genoa and Nice, at San Remo in the interest of a friend who had come over on the steamer with him, and who wished him to test the air before settling there for the winter with an invalid wife. She was one of those neurasthenics who really carry their climate-always a bad one-with them, but she had set her mind on San Remo; and Lanfear was willing to pass a few days in the place making the observations which he felt pretty sure would be adverse.
Afterward, 1910; The Eyes, 1910; The Triumph of Night, 1914 & Kerfol, 1916
Author: Edith Wharton, 1862-1937
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Afterword by Publication Date: 1910Americans Edward and Mary Boyne make a lot of money in the Blue Star Mine venture and decide to live in England. They choose an old country house in Dorset, which they hope will have its own authentic residential ghost.
The Eyes by Publication Date: 1910The story opens when a group of men have finished sharing personal tales of “supernatural impressions.” After most members of the party leave, the host relates to his remaining two companions, including a young acolyte, an account of his own “ghost.”
The Triumph of Night by Publication Date: 1914George Foxon has been employed by Mrs. Culme as a secretary. He is travelling to join her in New Hampshire when he is stranded at a remote train station on a stormy mid-winter night.
Kerfol by Publication Date: 1916A wealthy bachelor, urged by friends to purchase a home in Brittany, finds the estate of Kerfol devoid of human presence and populated instead by a pack of eerily silent dogs.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, 1927 & The Call of Chtulhu, 1928
Author: H.P. Lovecraft, 1890-1937
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by Publication Date: 1927Charles Dexter Ward becomes obsessed with his distant ancestor, Joseph Curwen, an alleged wizard with unsavory habits.
The Call of Cthulhu by Publication Date: 1928Francis Wayland Thurston discovers an ancient cosmic entity, Cthulhu, whose dark influence seeps into the modern world.