Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age -- Chronicle Books, Hardcover Cliff's/ Monarch / Barron's Book Notes Nominated for both the Shirley

Nominated for both the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Awards

As she claws her way to the top over the years that follow

including The Tale of Tom Kitten

Part One of this story takes place in 1947

Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age -- Chronicle Books, Hardcover Cliff's/ Monarch / Barron's Book Notes Nominated for both the ShirleyA vengeful phantom lurks in a country graveyard. A whaling crew becomes trapped on a haunted ship. A human skull is kept locked in a cupboard, but sometimes at night, it screams. . . . This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each