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Summary
(From the publisher):
Bolt the door, stoke up the fire, and keep your candles lit. Anything can happen in Irish Tales of Terror, and it just might happen to you. Contents: 22 stories, with a foreword by Ray Bradbury; edited by Peter Haining:
- The Man-Wolf by Giraldus Cambrensis
- Teig O'Kane and the Corpse Traditional story
- The Friendly Demon by Daniel Defoe
- The Parricide's Tale by Charles Robert Maturin
- The Soul Cages by T. Crofton Croker
- Wicked Captain Walshawe by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Legends of Witches, Fairies and Leprechauns by Lady Wilde
- The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
- The Banshee's Warning by Charlotte Riddell
- The Legend of Finn M'Coul by William Carleton
- Julia Cahill's Curse by George Moore
- The Crucifixion of the Outcast by W. B. Yeats
- The Man from Kilsheelan by A. E. Coppard
- The Dead Smile by Francis Marion Crawford
- Hell Fire by James Joyce
- Witch Wood by Lord Dunsany
- The House Among the Laurels by William Hope Hodgson
- The Coonian Ghost by Shane Leslie
- The Haunted Spinney by Elliott O'Donnell
- The Moon-Bog by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Fairies' Revenge by Sinead de Valera
- A Wild Night in Galway by Ray Bradbury
Original title: The Wild Night Company
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ General
The following works are contained within this one: Canterville Ghost, the (1897) [Novelette] Author: Oscar Wilde
Julia Cahill’s Curse (1903) [Short Story] Author: George Moore
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