The people in the castle
Subtitle: selected strange stories
By: Joan Aiken
Contributors: Aiken, Lizza, writer of introduction; Link, Kelly, writer of introduction
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781618731128
Subjects: Ghost stories; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Fantasy / Short Stories; Horror tales; FICTION / Literary; Short stories; FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "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 supernatural that will chill, amuse, and exhilarate. Features a new introduction by the late author's daughter, Lizza Aiken."--
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Kelly Link; title: The power of storytelling: Joan Aiken's strange stories / by Lizza Aiken; title: A leg full of rubies; title: A portable elephant; title: A room full of leaves; title: Furry night; title: Hope; title: Humblepuppy; title: Listening; title: Lob's girl; title: Old Fillikin; title: She was afraid of upstairs; title: Some music for the wicked Countess; title: Sonata for harp and bicycle; title: The cold flame; title: The dark streets of Kimball's Green; title: The lame king; title: The last specimen; title: The man who had seen the rope truck; title: The mysterious barricades; title: The people in the castle; title: Watkyn, comma.