Dark Encounters

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First published in 1963 by Harvill Press, Dark Encounters is an elegantly spine-tingling collection of ghost stories set in the brooding landscape of Scotland and often referring to real people, places and objects.
From a demonic book that brings its readers to an early death to the murderous spectre of a feudal baron, these tales are a welcome addition to the long and distinguished canon of Scottish ghost stories.
For those who seek the unnerving and the inexplicable, Dark Encounters is guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck.

Short Stories Fiction Horror

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214 printed pages

Copyright owner: Bookwire
Original publication: 2017
Publication year: 2017
Publisher: Polygon

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Влада Горшковаhas quoted4 years ago
The Keepers of the Wall
‘I SEE THAT someone has discovered a number of skeletons beneath the foundations of a wall and has brought forward the old idea that they were put there so that their ghosts could hold up the wall.’

‘And why not?’ interposed Henderson. ‘It was long thought that burying a body under a wall would help to hold the wall secure.’

‘Didn’t Gordon Childe find something like that at Skara Brae?’ queried Drummond.
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Влада Горшковаhas quoted4 years ago
Introduction by Alistair Kerr

1 The Keepers of the Wall

2 Return at Dusk

3 The Eve of St Botulph

4 Can These Stones Speak?

5 The Work of Evil

6 The Return of the Native

7 Quieta non Movere

8 Let the Dead Bury the Dead

9 The Castle Guide

10 The Witch’s Bone

11 The Sweet Singers

12 The House of Balfother

13 His Own Number

14 The MacGregor Skull

Notes

A Note on the Author of the Introduction
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