Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. For this superbly disquieting collection, he selected fourteen of his favorite tales by such authors as E.F. Benson, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton Includes: "W.S." L.P. Hartley "Harry" Rosemary Timperley "The Corner Shop" Cynthia Asquith "In the Tube" E.F. Benson "Christmas Meeting" Rosemary Timperley "Elias and the Draug" Jonas Lie "Playmates" A.M. Burrage "Ringing the Changes" Robert Aickman "The Telephone" Mary Treadgold "The Ghost of a Hand" J. Sheridan Le Fanu "The Sweeper" A.M. Burrage "Afterward" Edith Wharton "On the Brighton Road" Richard Middleton "The Upper Berth" F. Marion Crawford