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Night Side of the River | Jeanette Winterson

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Night Side of the River, by Jeanette Winterson (2023)
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Premise: A collection of ghost stories and personal reflections on the paranormal by a contemporary master of short fiction.

Review: The worst thing I can say about this is that it‘s uneven. It starts off strong, with some seriously disturbing tales of haunting by AI and other virtual technology. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday The rest of the collection returns to more familiar territory but, with a couple exceptions, felt a bit phoned in. (This was exacerbated by my favourite story in the collection being previously featured in her collection of Christmas stories.) But an uneven collection by Winterson is still well-worth reading.

Bookish Pair: For another collection of stories with frightening tech, Uranians, by Theodore McCombs (2023) 2w

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Teresereading

The Signalman: A Ghost Story for Christmas | Charles Dickens

#blackcover
#hauntsandhexes
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🖤 1mo

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 1mo

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wildwoodreads

The Mist in the Mirror | Susan Hill

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Well they can‘t all be five star reads. After a pretty successful reading month I‘ve found a dud. This book was infuriatingly unsatisfying. Nothing happened. Nothing was explained. I‘m terribly disappointed because I love The Woman in Black by the same author.

Full review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/10/27/the-mist-in-the-mirror/

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Karisa

This House is Haunted | John Boyne

#tlt @dabbe

I did better than I expected (I‘m such a scaredy cat)! I even found three eerie books on the list that I did really love reading.

I also found one more that intrigued to try (tagged). I loved his book Hearts Invisible Furies and didn‘t know he‘d written something spooky. Intriguing! Thanks, @dabbe !

willaful We share two titles, I should try The Silent Companions. 1mo

Karisa @willaful Someone on Litsy sent it in a swap box for me a couple of years back. It‘s a slim book that packs a creepy punch without being over the top horror. Going to go check out what your third is now! Looks like we have similar tastes in books! 😊 1mo

lil1inblue That's one of the highest scores I've seen for this list! 1mo

dabbe You kicked my sorry butt! Adding some of yours to the TBR. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🧡💜💛 1mo

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Dilara

Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton | Edith Wharton

My first #10BeforeTheEnd update:
I finished Edith Wharton's Ghost Stories 🎉. They were quite enjoyable in small doses: 1 or 2 in the evening over the course of a month.
I picked up The Adventure of Vela again. I'd like to finish it before the end of the month, but it is slow-going & I might not get a lot of reading time next week, so we'll see.
I'd also like to read the whole of Jami's Mejnun & Leila before Nov, 8th ⬇

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Dilara ⬇when I'll be going to a concert with a Mejnun and Leila theme. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures chipping away!! Great job.
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dabbe

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 4 | Christopher Philippo

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

There are quite a few volumes of Valancourt ghost stories, most were written in the late 1800s-early 1900s. Perfect for reading on cold days at night, sitting in front of a roaring fire.

BookmarkTavern How fun! Thanks for posting! 1mo

StaceGhost I love all of them! They have horror collections too but the ghost stories are so special to me 1mo

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🧡💜💛 1mo

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dabbe @StaceGhost IKR? I love them, too! 🧡💜💛 1mo

AnishaInkspill more haunting than ghosts so far