Fifteen more chilling tales of Yuletide terror collected from rare Victorian periodicalsFollowing the popularity of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol 1843 Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition This second volume of Victorian Christmas ghost stories contains fifteen tales most of which have never been reprinted They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by oncepopular authors like Grant Allen and Eliza Lynn Linton as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers This volume also features a new introduction by Prof Allen GroveAt first I was aware only of a bluish misty phosphorescent light and then a ghastly terror that froze the very blood in my veins seized me for suddenly I saw rise up out of the inky darkness the form of a

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