A Gathering of Ghosts
Amazon.com A Gathering of Ghosts
My review -
This
is a collection of Victorian style ghost stories written by David Haynes who
has made a name for himself through writing these atmospheric period pieces.
The stories here are all of a reasonable length so they can set a scene and
create characters. They seem to me each to be long enough for a fire-side tale
in the great story-telling tradition. They deal with the Victorians’ obsession
with death and their fascination with science through which they attempted to
explain some of the deeper superstitions which puzzled the Victorian mind. I
had three particular favourites here – The Last Waltz, the Speaking Tube and
The Ghost Train. What they have in common is that they appear to take a
scientific approach but fail to find an explanation other than the
supernatural.
Mr
Haynes tells a good tale. I wonder if he can sleep at night? If you’ve read his
work before you’ll know what to expect and you won’t be disappointed.
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