Pan book of ghost stories

This is the best story ever published in herbert van thals longrunning pan book of horror stories series, and was brilliantly filmed in 1959 for alfred hitchcock presents, with robert morley. Still, read in a cold autumn night in the living room, or in say an empty train station, it. Followers of the pan horror cult generally feel that this volume is one of the best collections. Pan 0330 021648 from 1968 cover artist originally published by james barrie in 1952. I am completely amazed by the range of ghost stories in this collection. The series ran to thirty volumes, the first published in 1959. Pan 0330 025864 from 1970 cover artist originally published by hutchinson in 1926. This ones noticeably weaker than the first instalments of the pan books of horror, but there are still plenty of interesting stories to attract the attention.

Ruskin bond books a list of 35 books by ruskin bond. I finally discovered the pan ghost books series, the. It was first of the iconic series which ended in the 1980s with the 30th pan book of horror stories. The main characters of this classics, fantasy story are peter pan, wendy darling. On the whole, though, i found the first pan book of horror stories a rewarding read. The ghost book was most likely intended as a oneoff because the second ghost book, also edited by asquith, did not appear until twentysix years later, in 1952 under the imprint of james barrie. On van thals death clarence paget edited the series, from volume twentysix until its demise with volume thirty in 1989.

It started out here, the very first of the 30, with a most unscary black cat on the cover, and with some kind of literary aspirations. Its nice to be able to buy this as a clean, new book, rather than the often grotty second hand copies on offer. Tikit the first forty five years of pan paperback books. Ghost story by peter straub stephen king himself is a great fan of this layered horror novel, which uses ghost stories as a central device.

He lives in a far away never land, full of adventures and fun. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the macmillan collectors library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Pan macmillan bestselling fiction and nonfiction books. With the celebration of halloween comes the telling of ghost stories. But there was a chink of light with the pan book of horror stories, a series that introduced a generation to the tradition via a fine collection of new short stories leavened. But if you want to read it without buying the pan book of horror stories and dont mind reading fiction online, you can find it here. The pan book of horror stories edited by herbert van. The author was known primarily for his books about ghosts. There is a line you can draw between the ghosts and spirits of horror and the silver nitrate ghosts that flicker across the frames of early silent films, and gemma files makes the connection clear in experimental film. This book was first published in 1959 and went through at least 15 reprints. This is the best story ever published in herbert van thal s longrunning pan book of horror stories series, and was brilliantly filmed in 1959 for alfred hitchcock presents, with robert morley. Film critic lois is at a low point in her life when, one night at an experimental film screening. The pan book of horror stories by various pan macmillan.

They usually contain bizarre, unexplained and oftentimes unbelievable. See also ricks bibliography of the ghost book series. The pan book of horror stories edited by herbert van thal van thal, van thal, herbert on. A complete history of the pan book of horror stories, the infamous anthology series which ran from 19591989. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. I now look forward to tracking down the other, earlier instalments in the series those ones that came out before herbert van thal decided to crank up the levels of nasty, schlocky stuff, in order to satisfy the bloodcrazed savages amongst his reading public. Real ghost stories of the rms queen mary thg halloween special duration.

Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Macmillan collectors library are books to love and treasure. The big book of ghost stories by otto penzler, paperback. Peter pan may have a dark secret you didnt know about. Johnny mains is raising funds for the pan book of horror stories scrapbook on kickstarter. Peter pan is a fictional character created by scottish novelist and playwright j. The first edition of the novel was published in 1904, and was written by j. Barries reallife activities have led people to question his decency.

The early editions were known for their lurid cover art and editor herbert van thals pick of stories by new authors alongside classics of the genre. Introduction robert aickman the travelling grave l p hartley the ghost ship richard middleton squire tobys will j. The pan book of horror stories edited by herbert van thal. Sheridan le fanu the voice in the night william hope hodgson three miles up elizabeth jane howard. Pan book of horror stories cover art 19591989 youtube. A special edition of the pan book of horror stories reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate pans 70th anniversary. The second pan book of horror stories is apparently regarded by horror fans as a classic collection. Once upon a time, there were three children wendy, john and michael darling. There are only about thirty or forty firstclass ghost stories in the whole of western literature. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 207 pages and is available in hardcover format.

This macmillan collectors library edition of ghost stories is illustrated by various artists, with an afterword by david stuart davies. Peter is a little boy who decided never to grow up. Specially selected for pan, here are 22 terrifying tales of horror by such famous authors as peter fleming, c. Pan book of horror stories encyclopedia of fantasy 1997.

They liked bedtime because every time in the nursery wendy told stories about peter pan. The pan book of horror stories edited by herbert van thal van thal, herbert van thal on. I just spent 2 hours at the book store trying to come up with something but maybe the fine peeps here can help. The pan book of horror stories was a paperback series of short story anthologies first published in 1959. But there was a chink of light with the pan book of horror stories, a series that introduced a generation to the tradition via a fine collection of new short stories. This is the first of the pan horror series, before they got too over reliant on gore. The pan book of horror stories by herbert van thal goodreads. The fontana book of great ghost stories series by robert. The pan book of horror stories scrapbook by johnny. With this book, ruskin bond shows that ghost stories are not. From 1958 to 1988 the pan book of horror stories was the annual british gorefest. This is one of the fluffier ones, depicting some sort of hairy beast sticking its head out of a crypt. Scholastic 1960 this edition is a 1969 10th printing illustrated by george wilde.

Fontanas great ghost stories series a bibliography by rick kennett. First of three books by elliot odonnell, digitized by project gutenberg. James more ghost stories of antiquary, pan books, 1955, first paperback edition. Ian c strachan, the architects story pan horror 25 ian c strachan, death of a council worker pan horror 26 ian c strachan, the incidents at scanham pan horror 21.

He interested the publisher pan in the pan book of horror stories anth 1959. New book releases, author information and best seller books from pan macmillan, one of the largest general book publishers in the uk. The pan book of horror stories pan 70th anniversary. Chad helder, unspeakable horror and the popup book of death curriers characters are sumptuous, his plots are freshly twisted and his prose magnificent a. The pan books of ghost stories 1 to 9 plus 4 bumper editions. Selections of this series were later reprinted in the great ghosts stories. Van thal had long believed in the merits of an annual horror anthology. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. Selections of this series were later reprinted in the great ghosts stories series.

The pan book of horror stories was a paperback series of short horror story anthologies published by pan books ltd. It feels very retro, the cover being a reprint of the original volume 1. Search alan bott pan books 1945 47 artists catalogue 19471990 pan fans blog more welcome to the pan paperback book collecting website. Just for thos story, the anthology is worth the purchase. Its time to cackle, its time to snicker, its time to shiver here we are, then, with the third pan book of horror stories. He is the editor of the black lizard big book of pulps, which was a new york times bestseller, and several more vintage crimeblack lizard anthologies, including the big book of black mask stories, the big book of lockedroom mysteries, the big book of sherlock holmes stories, and the big book of jack the ripper. Ruskin bonds anthology of ghost stories, aptly titled a season of ghosts, is set in the majestic mountains of the himalayas and includes nine short stories and one novella like on fairy hill, the prize, the black cat, wilsons bridge, the rakshasas, the night of the millennium etc. Stories of the uncanny jostle with tales of the macabre. Those stories would become a book of photographs, ostensibly authored by peter llewelyn davies and published by barrie just for the family, and then the beginnings of the peter pan story in the. A freespirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, peter pan spends his neverending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of neverland as the leader of the lost boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids. I dont know how to describe what im looking for but im not into specific genres werewolves, vampires, ghosts, hauntings but i do. Bbc radio 4 extra the second pan book of horror stories. Forester, bram stoker, angus wilson, noel langley, jack finney and l.

Barries original story, which inspired disneys tale, may have a dark secret. Lady cynthia asquith 03300260617 pan, 1975 originally published 1955, 1957 253 pp mass market paperback read earlier i am a sucker for a good ghost story, and over the years my shelves have started groaning as i continue to add more collections to my library. Okay seriously, im looking for horror anthologies that have like, ghost hauntings and along the lines of,the thing wo a face. The fontana book of great ghost stories 1964 edited by robert aickman the first in the series. The pan book of horror stories was a paperback series of short story anthologies, the first edition being published in 1959. Animal ghosts or, animal hauntings and the hereafter. Free download or read online peter pan pdf epub book. These are awesome ghost stories, and the literary connections to gay life are deep and complex. Dedicated to the memory of moxley, our cat, who sadly died 11th march 2014 and who sat on my lap for most of the first 15 years whilst i worked on this site. The pan book of horror stories was a british paperback series of short horror story anthologies published by pan books ltd. The fontana book of great ghost stories vault of evil.

The pan books of horror stories index of contributing authors. Were delighted, therefore, to announce the reissue of the very first pan book of horror. A series of twenty anthologies of ghost stories published from 1972 to 1984. After hearing it, you cant really blame peters shadow for wanting to get the heck out of there. A collection of seventeen ghost stories located in scotland.