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William Croft Dickinson

Dark Encounters

Tales of suspense for the twilight hour…
Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland, with an air of historic authenticity — often referring to real events, objects and people. From a demonic text that leaves its readers strangled to the murderous spectre of a feudal baron, this is a crucial addition to the long and distinguished cannon of Scottish ghost stories.
For those who seek out the unnerving, the unknown and the unexplainable, Dark Encounters is guaranteed to raise the hair on the back of your neck.
This edition features a rare story — 'The MacGregor Skull' — which was the last story every written by the author and posthumously serialised in the Scotsman in 1963.
213 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
Publisher
Polygon
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Quotes

  • Влада Горшковаhas quoted5 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.
  • Влада Горшковаhas quoted5 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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