First Book of Ghost Stories: Widdershins

by Oliver Onions | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0486236080 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/2/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, October 2, 2017
I've had this Dover softcover on my keeper shelves for ages, and I think it's time it went traveling. It contains eight of Onions' atmospheric tales, of which my favorites include:

"The Beckoning Fair One" - see my detailed comments here

"Phantas", in which a dying 18th-century seaman has visions of the future.

"Benlian" is something of a twist on the "Pygmalion" concept, deftly presented.

"The Lost Thyrsus," which features a woman getting caught up in a Bacchanalian madness.

"The Cigarette Case" is a more typical ghost story - I've heard the basic premise often - but is presented here in deft fashion.

Journal Entry 2 by wingGoryDetailswing at Simon Pearce Restaurant and Mill in Quechee, Vermont USA on Friday, October 6, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (10/7/2017 UTC) at Simon Pearce Restaurant and Mill in Quechee, Vermont USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I left this book on a bench near the glassblowers' work area, after taking a photo with the falls and the covered bridge just outside. Hope the finder enjoys it!

*** Released for the 2017 Spooktacular October release challenge. ***

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