Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights: 27 (British Library Tales of the Weird)

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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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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

Average Rating

4.75

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8 Reviews For This Product

  1. 08

    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!

  2. 08

    by Amazon Customer

    Really good stories, really enjoyed them.

  3. 08

    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

  4. 08

    by Somerset

    This is a good collection of rare tales. Ideal winter solstice gift.

  5. 08

    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.

  6. 08

    by cd58

    Bought this book as a gift. The recipient was very pleased as she likes a spooky story!

  7. 08

    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!

  8. 08

    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.

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Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights: 27 (British Library Tales of the Weird)