Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Fourteen ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl

 ‘Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturbs your thoughts…’

Who better to choose the ultimate in spinechillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions?

Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘The Ghost of a Hand’. Edith Wharton’s ‘Afterward’, Cynthia Asquith’s ‘The Corner Shop’ and Mary Treadgold’s ‘The Telephone’.