Illusions of Presence: Lost Christmas Ghost Stories, edited by Johnny Mains

From the publisher's website: As clanging bells pierce the Winter calm, a bustling throng of spectral visitants is making its approach. The eminent anthologist and seeker of forgotten tales, Johnny Mains, has been scouring the archives of newspapers and periodicals once more to bring you the gift of ‘new’ supernatural fiction from the Victorian and Edwardian era – the heyday of the classic ghost tale. Packed with ethereal messengers, chain-clanking ghouls, the odd cheery phantom and bundles of suspense, this collection is a welcome offering for any reader of the ghostly and Gothic.

Further information at the publisher's website: British Library Publishing.

Review by Tim Prasil.