Publication date 2nd October 2025

Introduced by bestselling author Kirsty Logan, these spooky tales are guaranteed to terrify!

These uncanny stories feature secret rooms, spinning wheels, phantom carriages, haunted portraits, hidden messages, unsolved murders and thwarted love affairs. Set in Scotland, Cornwall and Spain, each is told by an eyewitness narrator, including a gardener, a tutor and a governess, but the identity of the author remains a mystery. The collection starts with a macabre house party and ends with a haunting on New Year’s Eve.

First published in 1886 and reprinted here with a bewitching introduction by Kirsty Logan, the spooky tales in this little book are guaranteed to send a tingle down your spine. Whatever you do, don’t read them after midnight!

KIRSTY LOGAN’s latest novel is Now She is Witch (2023) and her previous books include Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales.

• Hardback
• 128 pages 
• Size: 184 x 118  mm
• ISBN: 9781851246595
  
• Publication date: 02/10/25