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Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights: 27 (British Library Tales of the Weird)
£8.50
Like any other boy I expected ghost stories at Christmas, that was the time for them. What I had not expected, and now feared, was that such things should actually become real.
Strange things happen on the dark wintry nights of December. Welcome to a new collection of haunting Christmas tales, ranging from traditional Victorian chillers to weird and uncanny episodes by twentieth-century horror masters including Daphne du Maurier and Robert Aickman.
Lurking in the blizzard are menacing cat spirits, vengeful trees, malignant forces on the mountainside and a skater skirting the line between the mortal and spiritual realms. Wrap up warm – and prepare for the longest nights of all.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (21 Oct. 2021), British Library Publishing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0712354107 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0712354103 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 2.03 x 19.05 cm |
by Ben
These British Library Tales of the Weird books are really great. I like the unified, simple artwork on the covers and the actual content is pretty much top tier. For those curious, the stories in this book are:
The Ghost at the Crossroads – Frederick Manley
The Blue Room – Lettice Galbraith
On the Northern Ice – Elia Wilkinson Peattie
The Black Cat – W.J. Wintle
Ganthony’s Wife – E. Temple Thurston
Mr Huffam – Hugh Walpole
The Man Who Came Back – Margery Lawrence
The Third Shadow – H. Russel Wakefield
The Apple Tree – Daphne Du Maurier
The Leaf-Sweeper – Muriel Spark
The Visiting Star – Robert Aickman
A Fall of Snow – James Turner
Like all of these books, it’s a really nice mix of the more familiar and the completely obscure (to me at least). For anyone into supernatural and gothic horror, or just fun, 19th and 20th-century literature, then this book has you well covered for the winter season! I love wrapping up warm, dimming the lights and reading this kind of stuff throughout Nov-Jan, it just feels perfectly like Christmas for me, so more of these books are always welcome!
by Amazon Customer
Really good stories, really enjoyed them.
by Michael M
No a bad selection of ghost stories for the Christmas season. Quite often Christmas Ghost stories are humorous or have a happy ending but these are darker
by Somerset
This is a good collection of rare tales. Ideal winter solstice gift.
by Kindle Customer
A good collection of perhaps lesser known supernatural/unsettling tales for the winter season. Most are not modern, but have a real classic feel, relying on subtlety and unease rather than horror, and all the better for it.
by cd58
Bought this book as a gift. The recipient was very pleased as she likes a spooky story!
by Howweplayandlearn
I am addicted to this range of books! This is my third and I’m really enjoying it. The stories are all really different in tone but engaging, and I love learning a bit about the author at the start of each story, especially those who were popular in contemporary times but we’ve all but forgotten about. Highly recommended!
by Max Markham
I enjoyed ‘Sunless Solstice’ which I bought to read over the Christmas holiday. I cannjot say that any of the stories caused me mightmares, but I appreciated the quality of the authors’ writing, which I assume must have been an important factor in the Editor’s choice. A delightful trip into a more gracious past when there was time and a wish to produce good writing.