E. Nesbit 1 hr 35 min read

Seven chilling stories of the uncanny, an ebony frame that traps a soul, a wedding kept by the dead, a figure that comes man-size in marble.

E. Nesbit's 1893 collection, from the beloved children's author in a far darker mode, gathers her genuinely frightening ghost and horror tales. Sharp, atmospheric, surprisingly grim Victorian fiction. Read it for a superb set of supernatural stories that reveal a chilling, macabre side of a famous storyteller.

In its time

Published in 1893, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

1 hr 35 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).