Collected Ghost Stories
 Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Collected Ghost Stories | |
| Author | Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman |
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| Cover artist | Frank Utpatel |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Horror short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | xii, 189 pp |
| ISBN | 0-87054-065-3 |
Collected Ghost Stories is a collection of stories by author Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman. It was released in 1974 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,155 copies. The book is the first collection of all of Wilkins-Freeman's supernatural stories and her first book published by Arkham House.
Contents
Collected Ghost Stories contains the following tales:
- "Introduction," by Edward Wagenknecht
- "The Shadows on the Wall"
- "The Hall Bedroom"
- "Luella Miller"
- "The Vacant Lot"
- "A Far-Away Melody"
- "A Symphony in Lavender"
- "The Wind in the Rose-Bush"
- "A Gentle Ghost"
- "The Southwest Chamber"
- "The Lost Ghost"
- "The Jade Bracelet"
In season one, episode four of Rod Serling's 1970s television program, "Night Gallery", a slightly modified version of "The Shadows On the Wall" was presented as "Certain Shadows On the Wall" and starred Agnes Moorehead.
References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 108. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 50.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 132–133. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 118. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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