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Elizabeth Macneal

The Haunting Season

Genre

Historical Fiction

UK Publication

Sphere 2021

Blurb

Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a ghost story.

Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors – all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre – bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales.

Taking you from the frosty Fens to the wild Yorkshire moors, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to the cold, dark nights.

Press & reviews

“An array of celebrated writers have contributed spooky stories to this beautifully produced book.”

– Daily Express

“What a line-up of authors … these classic tales, intended to be read by candlelight, will thrill lovers of old fashioned, spooky tales.”

– Woman

“Prepare to be spooked by these eight fantastically frightening tales … best read by candlelight (if you dare….)”

– Good Housekeeping

“You won't find a more thrilling winter read this year, or a better line up of writers who have mastered the gothic and ghostly.”

– Sara Collins, Costa Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton

“Gorgeous, macabre, beautifully crafted . . .a brilliant re-making of an old tradition, and this is a book destined to be read and re-read through many…”

– Amanda Mason, author of The Wayward Girls

“The chilling tales of The Haunting Season will make you feel oddly cosy, in the way that only the best ghost stories can. Exquisitely crafted from…”

– Francine Toon, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pine

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