The Open Door (Collected Ghost Stories of Charlotte Riddell): 14 spooky Victorian tales from a mistress of the genre

The Victorians loved a good ghost story and the journals of the time would publish special Christmas supplements packed with hauntings, demonic possessions, deathbed apparitions and assorted spooks galore.

Irish-born Charlotte Riddell, aka Mrs J. H. Riddell (1832 –1906) was a popular and influential writer in the genre. The author of 56 books, novels and short stories, she was also part owner and editor of the St. James’s Magazine, one of the most prestigious literary periodicals of the mid nineteenth century.

Here, optimised for Kindle with active table of contents and section markers for easy browsing, are the collected ghost stories of Charlotte Riddell to curl up with in your own front parlour. Evocative of their era, these are slow-burning, atmospheric period pieces sure to appeal to any fan of Victorian supernatural fiction.

With a total length of 135,000 words, equivalent to 400 paperback pages, this huge collection offers outstanding value. One piece of advice … if you are reading at home alone, keep an eye on that open door!

Enjoy all these stories in full:

The Open Door

The Old House in Vauxhall Walk

Nut Bush Farm

Sandy the Tinker

The Last of Squire Ennismore

A Strange Christmas Game

Forewarned, Forearmed

Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning

Diarmid Chittock’s Story

Walnut-Tree House

Old Mrs Jones

Why Dr. Cray Left Southam

Conn Kilrea

A Terrible Vengeance

Also check out these other great Kindle titles in the same series (search for "Fast Editions" using quotation marks):

‘The Lady Chillers’ – classic ghost and horror stories by women writers.

‘The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson’ – 54 spooky tales by an Edwardian master of the genre.

‘The Gap in the Curtain’ – John Buchan’s fascinating borderline science fiction story of predestiny and free will.

‘The Greatest Ghost Stories of M. R. James and His Circle (1871-1928)’ - 24 haunting tales from the golden age of supernatural short fiction.

The Beast with Five Fingers’ – the collected weird tales of W. F. Harvey, Edwardian master of the psychological mystery.