The people in the castle : selected strange stories

The people in the castle : selected strange stories / Joan Aiken.

"Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won't let you sleep, the sound that raises gooseflesh, the wish you'd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. Here are tales of suspense and the s...

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Main Author: Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ghost stories.
Horror tales.
Short stories.
Uniform Title:Short stories.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Kelly Link
  • The power of storytelling: Joan Aiken's strange stories / by Lizza Aiken
  • A leg full of rubies
  • A portable elephant
  • A room full of leaves
  • Furry night
  • Hope
  • Humblepuppy
  • Listening
  • Lob's girl
  • Old Fillikin
  • She was afraid of upstairs
  • Some music for the wicked Countess
  • Sonata for harp and bicycle
  • The cold flame
  • The dark streets of Kimball's Green
  • The lame king
  • The last specimen
  • The man who had seen the rope truck
  • The mysterious barricades
  • The people in the castle
  • Watkyn, comma.

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