Beverly's Reviews > The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

I am a sucker for a gothic ghost story and these were written by some of my favorite authors. The best one I thought, no surprise, was written by Laura Purcell. "The Chillingham Chair" proves her skill at giving inanimate objects life and therefore terror.

The other two favorites were: "Thwaite's Tenant" and "The Eel Singers". "Thwaite's Tenant reminded me of Henry James crossed with Roald Dahl. It tells the story of a young married woman who endures abuse from her husband and father and a male ghost in turn, but manages to stand up for herself in the end.

The "Eel Singers" is weird and wonderful and creepy in equal measure. Two Londoners and their adopted daughter from the workhouse decide to take a break from the loud Christmas revels and rest in the country. They come upon some nasty, country folk.