Viola Hatherley was a writer of ghost stories in the 1890s whose work lies forgotten until her great-grandson, as a young boy in Mawson, Australia, learns how to open the secret drawer in his mother's room. There he finds a manuscript, and from the moment
Thirty-two fantastic stories and poems first published in 2011, from New Zealand's and Australia's finest writers.Contents:Peter M Ball "Briar Day" (Moonlight Tuber)Lee Battersby "Europe After The Rain" (After the Rain, Fablecroft Press)Deborah Biancotti
Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside, has a sinister reputation. Once, a family disappeared there. And now Constance Langton has inherited this dark place as well as the mysteries surrounding it. Having grown up in a house marked b
Seventeen all-new stories illuminate the steampunk world of fog and fear!Modern masters of the supernatural weave their magic to revitalize the chilling Victorian and Edwardian ghostly tale: here are haunted houses, arcane inventions, spirits reaching acr