A review by mtmarriott
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, E.F. Benson, Kingsley Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Derek Barnes, M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, Alec Guinness, Howard Spring, Algernon Blackwood, Philip Pullman, Hammond Innes, Arthur Machen, Joyce Carol Oates, Arthur Gray, A.N.L. Munby, Louis de Bernières, E.G. Swain, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Alexander Woollcott, E. Nesbit, Peter Ackroyd, Fritz Leiber, Jane Gardam, William F. Nolan, Eudora Welty, James Thurber, A.C. Benson, Daphne du Maurier, A.E. van Vogt, Edith Wharton, W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Keown, Peter Haining, Rudyard Kipling, Dennis Wheatley, H. Rider Haggard, Ray Bradbury, George Minto, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Oh Whistle… by MR James 5/5
The House of trehale by AC Benson 3/5
The Richpins by EG Swain 2/5
The everlasting club by Arthur Gray 3/5
Number 79 by ANL Munby 4/5

Playing with Fire by Arthur Conan Doyle 5/5
The Grove of Ashtaroth by Rudyard Kipling 4/5
A Man from Glasgow by Somerset Maugham 4/5
The Last Laugh by DH Lawrence 4/5
The Visit to the Museum by Vladimir Nabokov 3/5

The Bowmen by Arthur Machen 3/5
The Ghost of U65 by George Minto 3/5
Vengeance is Mine by Algernon Blackwood 5/5
The Punishment by Lord Dunsany 4/5
The Haunted Chateau by Dennis Wheatley 3/5
Pink May by Elizabeth Bowen 3/5
Gremlins in the Beer by Derek Barnes 2/5
Money for Jam by Alec Guinness 4/5

The Lady Maid’s Bell by Edith Wharton 4/5
The Duenna by Marie Belloc Lowndes 3/5
Clytie by Eudora Welty 4/5
The Pool by Daphne Du Maurier 4/5
A Spot of Gothic by Jane Gardam 4/5

The Inexperienced Ghost by HG Wells 4/5
Full Fathom Five by Alexander Woollcott - 4/5
The Night the Ghost Got in by James Thurber - 2/5
Sir Tristram Goes West by Eric Keown - 3/5
Who or What Was It? By Kingsley Amis - 3/5
Another Fine Mess by Ray Bradbury - 3/5

Only a Dream by Rider Haggard - 4/5
The Haunted House by Edith Nesbit - 3/5
The Light in the Garden by EF Benson - 4/5
The Prescription by Marjorie Bowen - 4/5 
Christmas Honeymoon by Howard Spring - 4/5
Ringing in the Good News by Peter Ackroyd - 2/5

Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber - 4/5
The Ghost by A.E. Van Vogt - 4/5
The Party by William F. Nolan - 4/5
Underground by JB Priestley - 4/5
Haunted by Joyce Carol Oates - 5/5
Video Nasty by Phillip Pullman - 5/5
My Beautiful House by Louis de Bernieres - 5/5

Video Nasty and Vengeance is Mine were my favourites.