Irish Ghost Stories

A playful, philosophical collection of Irish ghost stories by Oscar Wilde ('The Canterville Ghost'), Sheridan Le Fanu ('The Child that Went with the Fairies', 'Stories of Lough Guir'), Charles Maturin ('Melmoth the Wanderer'), Lord Dunsany ('The Sword of Welleran'), Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').

About the author

Maura McHugh lives in Galway, Ireland and graduated with an MA in Irish 19th Century Supernatural Fiction. She writes across a variety of media, including prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, and comic books. Her 2019 story collection The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection.

Summary

A playful, philosophical collection of Irish ghost stories by Oscar Wilde (‘The Canterville Ghost’), Sheridan Le Fanu (‘The Child that Went with the Fairies’, ‘Stories of Lough Guir’), Charles Maturin (‘Melmoth the Wanderer’), Lord Dunsany ('The Sword of Welleran'), Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').

Foreword

A new, lyrical collection of famous stories and the less well-known.

Product details

• Authors: J.K. Jackson
• Assisted by: J. K. Jackson (Editor), J.K. Jackson (Editor), Maura Mchugh (Introduction)
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781804172384
• ISBN: 978-1-80417-238-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Ghost Stories
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Horror, Mind, Body, Spirit