The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
Bridget Collins (author), Imogen Hermes Gowar (author), Natasha Pulley (author), Jess Kidd (author), Andrew Michael Hurley (author), Elizabeth Macneal (author), Laura Purcell (author), Kiran Millwood Hargrave (author), Stuart Turton (author), Catriona Ward (author), Laura Shepherd-Robinson (author), Susan Stokes-Chapman (author)
Hardback Published on: 19/10/2023
Price: £16.99
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Prepare to be haunted...
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Ghost stories for Winter for fans of The Haunting Season.
If you enjoyed ‘The Haunting Season’ then I would thoroughly recommend ‘The Winter Spirits’! I preferred this volume to its predecessor and I hope to see m... READ MORE
Synopsis
Featuring new and original stories from:
Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Susan Stokes Chapman, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Stuart Turton and Catriona Ward.
The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most loved and lauded authors of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience.
Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of Christmases past.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9781408727584
- Number of pages: 464
- Dimensions: 220 x 144 x 42 mm
- Weight: 580g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
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Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy, very pleased to report that this is a fantastic read!
It's not very often that I genuinely enjoy an... READ MORE
Great collection of spooky tales, not a bad one amongst them and some are very good
An anthology of 12 spooky tales - this looks like a treat! I was familiar with some of the authors while others were new to me. In practice I'm actually ... READ MORE
Fantastically dark
A cozy ghostly gift collection
The Winter Spirits is the inevitable follow-up to the surprisingly successful The Haunting Season, which became the first short story collection to hit the... READ MORE
An atmospheric collection of twelve spooky short stories with Christmas themes
‘So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .’ - teaser.
My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K. Sphere for an eARC via ... READ MORE
Wonderful collection in the main
I'm not really a fan of short stories but this collection intrigued me as it included works by many authors I really like so I picked it up. As with all a... READ MORE
Great collection of spooky stories
A great collection of spooky stories, I really enjoyed them. I thought it was excellent how the authors managed to draw me in and make me care in just 30-i... READ MORE
Perfect to read on cold, chilly nights in front of a fire
A wonderful mixture of most of my current must-read authors. Each story includes some element of spooky festiveness, but all are very different. I absolute... READ MORE
A fantastic set of ghost stories
The Winter Spirits is a collection of haunting short stories set at Christmastime.
This is a fantastic set of ghost stories from some of the biggest nam... READ MORE
Christmas is the true spooky season
A wonderful collection of spooky Christmas stories from a great variety of authors; perfect for curling up with on these dark evenings
Great collection of spooky stories
A great collection of spooky stories, I really enjoyed them. I thought it was excellent how the authors managed to draw me in and make me care in just 30-i... READ MORE
Stunning special edition for this deliciously spooky read
Deliciously spooky, often macabre, atmospheric and thrilling and all exquisitely written. What a treat to have the chance to read and review this advance r... READ MORE
A perfect winter tales book
This is the perfect book for autumn/winter. A collection of ghostly short stories based around the festive season. I enjoyed them all, the different styles... READ MORE
An excellent collection
A really excellent short story collection for lovers of gothic fiction. As is to be expected with a short story collection I preferred some stories to oth... READ MORE
Perfect read for a cosy night in
"The Winter Spirits" by all my favourite authors is probably one of the best Christmas presents you could give or receive in the festive season. All varie... READ MORE
The Winter Spirits by Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Susan Stokes Chapman, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Stuart Turton and Catriona Ward
The Winter Spirits by Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Macneal, L... READ MORE
A Winter Must Have!
Absolutely over the moon when I discovered that ‘The Haunting Season’ was getting a sequel.
A historical fiction of short stories set in the dead of wint... READ MORE
Brilliant collection of winter ghost stories
The tradition of reading ghost stories at Christmas really needs to be mainstream. I always have read Charles Dickens at this festive time, but this year I... READ MORE
Enjoyable read
The winter spirits is a collection of 12 short gothic ghost stories from a collection of well-known authors of historical fiction that we know on love. Th... READ MORE
Twelve spooky tales from twelve authors
Twelve short spooky tales, written by twelve different authors.
I really enjoyed reading the different chapters of each author’s stories, and they are all... READ MORE
A slow burner
I'm glad I persisted with this collection having found the first few tales overlong, plodding and predictable. With short stories the ability to permit th... READ MORE