The Haunting Season, Jess Kidd
The Haunting Season, Jess Kidd
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The Haunting Season
Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

Author: Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Imogen Hermes Gower, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Bridget Collins, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell

Narrator: Rory Kinnear, Gemma Whelan, Rosalind Eleazar, Juliet Stevenson

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/31/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Ghost


Synopsis

Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honored tradition of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales.

Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale.

Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors—all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre—bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales.

Taking you from the frosty fens of the English countryside, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the ghostly spell of winters past . . .

About Jess Kidd

Jess Kidd is the award-winning author of Murder at Gulls Nest, The Night Ship, Himself, Mr. Flood’s Last Resort, and Things in Jars. Learn more at JessKidd.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlotte on August 12, 2024

I’ll review each story as I go: A Study in Black and White by Bridget Collins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A creepy story about a man who rents a large old house. A chess set inside seems to move by itself, and he feels like there is something or someone watching him. Full of foreboding, this story covered a lot in a s......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 06, 2021

A wonderful, atmospheric, clever collection of ghost stories. I absolutely loved this. It was the right level of spooky and fun for me, without being too chilling.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on November 07, 2021

A Study in Black and White - 3 stars. Suitably atmospheric and mildly intriguing, the main character is cold and mean, which goes against the built up tension. I would have liked this to be a little longer, if only to get more history of the house, however I liked the inclusion of chess. Thwaite's Te......more

Goodreads review by Blair on October 30, 2021

I can’t resist a ghost story anthology, and The Haunting Season looked set to be a sterling addition to the genre. Inspired by the tradition of telling spooky tales in wintertime, it features contributions from eight well-known authors, promising to ‘bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life......more

Goodreads review by Diana on December 29, 2023

THE HAUNTING SEASON is a mishmash of spooky winter/holiday stories. The collection was good overall, with a few hits and a couple of misses — • A Study in Black and White by Bridget Collins: 4 Stars (creepy chess house) • Thwaite's Tenant by Imogen Hermes Gowar: 4 Stars (young mother on the ru......more