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Minor Hauntings
Minor Hauntings | J. Baker
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A cradle rocking itself in a dusty chamber; an echoing giggle from somewhere upstairs; the feeling of a small hand in yours in the wilderness of a misty moor. . . . From the haunting children of The Shining and The Grudge to Neil Gaiman's Coraline, the ghostly youth is still one of the most recognized and feared tropes of horror fiction and film. In this spine-tingling new collection, Jen Baker gathers the most chilling tales of hauntings by children, expertly paired with snippets of the folklore and urban legends which inspired them. Truly lost stories return for the first time since their original publication along with nail-biting encounters from masters of the ghost story such as Elizabeth Gaskell, M.R. James, and Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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LeahBergen
Minor Hauntings | J. Baker
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I‘ve been having a lot of fun working my way through this anthology of ghost stories (all with ghostly children 😱).

@Bookwomble Care to take a guess at the MR James story included in this collection? Or the ubiquitous Elizabeth Gaskell? 😆

Bookwomble I'm pretty sure the Gaskell will be The Old Nurse's Story, one of the stories Dickens commissioned for a Christmas edition of Household Words, and one of my favourite ghost stories. I haven't read all of James's stories, so I'm on a bit of a sticky wicket here, though I do have his Complete Ghost Stories to hand, so... Just going from titles, two stories suggest themselves, but I'm going to guess A School Story🤞 2mo
LeahBergen @Bookwomble The Gaskell is correct (and I just read it again … so good) but the M.R. James story is Lost Hearts. I don‘t think I‘ve read it before? 🤔 2mo
AlaMich Excellent bookmark! 👻 2mo
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Bookwomble @LeahBergen If I get any right, it's a win 😄 I couldn't have guessed the James from the title, but it's in the corrected edition I have, so I'll get to it eventually, perhaps around Christmas. 2mo
Tamra Boo! 👻 2mo
LeahBergen @AlaMich Thanks! 😆 2mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Boo back to you! 👻😆 2mo
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@cleoh ! Thank you for this AMAZING #HauntedHollowSwap package! You chose some perfect books from my TBR (I‘m DYING to get at the tagged one) and the ghost stories from your home town are such a nice added touch. 👻

My #JohnnyBergen dog has fully decided you sent that skeleton for him. 🤣 I love the stickers, Sasquatch socks, chocolate, tea and cool mug, too!

Thanks so much for hosting, @wanderinglynn ! 😘😘

#HHS

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🎃🧡 3y
cleoh Yaaay so glad you like it!!! I had so much fun shopping for you! @wanderinglynn thanks for putting together another awesome swap! 🎃🧡🖤 3y
LeahBergen @cleoh I‘m so thrilled with everything! Thanks, again! 😘 3y
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