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Description:Telling ghost stories at Christmas has been traditional since Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in this wide-ranging collection of holiday chills we revisit this custom with tales both old and new.A young man decides to impersonate his school chum's family ghost. A doctor makes a house call to a woman who died years ago. A child begs to go back to a disreputable Santa who may be Someone Else. An old man hears a ghostly voice from a doll in a hospital room. A psychic detective is called in to exorcise a certain well-known holiday icon. A boy hears the story of his far planet's history from the family pet.These aren't your traditional holiday tales.Contents (view Concise Listing)1 • Introduction (Spirits of Christmas) • (1989) • essay by David G. Hartwell5 • The Prescription • (1929) • short story by Marjorie Bowen27 • The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa • (1895) • short story by John Kendrick Bangs37 • How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen • (1989) • short story by Gene Wolfe47 • Old Applejoy's Ghost • (1900) • short story by Frank R. Stockton67 • Green Holly • (1944) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen81 • Floodlights • (1989) • short story by Martha Soukup95 • The Real and the Counterfeit • (1895) • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin116 • Snow Ghosts • (1989) • short story by Richard A. Lupoff130 • Unawares • (1908) • short story by Hildegarde Hawthorne137 • A Midwinter's Tale • (1988) • short story by Michael Swanwick157 • The Haunted Man • [Christmas Books] • (1989) • novella by Charles Dickens (variant of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848)268 • The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story by Ch-r--s D-ck-ns • (1865) • short story by Bret Harte278 • The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge • (1989) • short story by James Morrow288 • O Come Little Children ... • (1989) • short story by Chet Williamson301 • But Do You Recall ... ? • (1989) • short story by Greg Cox309 • A Handful of Silver • (1967) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman319 • A Masquerade of Voices • (1988) • short story by Susan Palwick336 • The Breakdown • (1976) • short story by Marjorie Bowen348 • The Peculiar Demesne • (1980) • novelette by Russell Kirk385 • Icicle Music • (1989) • short story by Michael BishopWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spirits of Christmas. To get started finding Spirits of Christmas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Telling ghost stories at Christmas has been traditional since Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and in this wide-ranging collection of holiday chills we revisit this custom with tales both old and new.A young man decides to impersonate his school chum's family ghost. A doctor makes a house call to a woman who died years ago. A child begs to go back to a disreputable Santa who may be Someone Else. An old man hears a ghostly voice from a doll in a hospital room. A psychic detective is called in to exorcise a certain well-known holiday icon. A boy hears the story of his far planet's history from the family pet.These aren't your traditional holiday tales.Contents (view Concise Listing)1 • Introduction (Spirits of Christmas) • (1989) • essay by David G. Hartwell5 • The Prescription • (1929) • short story by Marjorie Bowen27 • The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa • (1895) • short story by John Kendrick Bangs37 • How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen • (1989) • short story by Gene Wolfe47 • Old Applejoy's Ghost • (1900) • short story by Frank R. Stockton67 • Green Holly • (1944) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen81 • Floodlights • (1989) • short story by Martha Soukup95 • The Real and the Counterfeit • (1895) • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin116 • Snow Ghosts • (1989) • short story by Richard A. Lupoff130 • Unawares • (1908) • short story by Hildegarde Hawthorne137 • A Midwinter's Tale • (1988) • short story by Michael Swanwick157 • The Haunted Man • [Christmas Books] • (1989) • novella by Charles Dickens (variant of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848)268 • The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story by Ch-r--s D-ck-ns • (1865) • short story by Bret Harte278 • The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge • (1989) • short story by James Morrow288 • O Come Little Children ... • (1989) • short story by Chet Williamson301 • But Do You Recall ... ? • (1989) • short story by Greg Cox309 • A Handful of Silver • (1967) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman319 • A Masquerade of Voices • (1988) • short story by Susan Palwick336 • The Breakdown • (1976) • short story by Marjorie Bowen348 • The Peculiar Demesne • (1980) • novelette by Russell Kirk385 • Icicle Music • (1989) • short story by Michael BishopWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spirits of Christmas. To get started finding Spirits of Christmas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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