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Famous Modern Ghost Stories This now classic collection of ghost stories was assembled by Dorothy Scarborough and published in 1921. The stories may not be as 'modern' as they once were but they still have the power to send a chill down your spine. The Willows . . . Algernon Blackwood . . . 77 pages While on a canoe trip down the Danube River, two friends encounter some mysterious, hostile entities. The Shadows On The Wall . . . Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman . . . 20 pages Following the sudden death of their brother Edward, Caroline, Rebecca Ann and Henry are left in the family home. The Messenger . . . Robert W. Chambers . . . 58 pages On the rugged Brittany coast, thirty-eight skulls are found buried. Lazarus . . . Leonid Andreyev . . . 27 pages When Lazarus comes back from the grave, something's not quite right. The Beast With Five Fingers . . . W. F. Harvey . . . 32 pages Just before his death, Adrian Borlsover develops the power of automatic writing, which creates some unexpected issues for one of his heirs. The Mass Of Shadows . . . Anatol France . . . 5 pages A man who is familiar with the behavior of ghosts tells the story of a woman who comes across a spectral church service. What Was It? . . . Fitz James O'Brien . . . 16 pages A gentleman moves into a reputedly haunted apartment block. Initially amused by the idea, he soon has reason to take it seriously. The Middle Toe of the Right Foot . . . Ambrose Bierce . . . 8 pages One night, four men arrive at a notorious, reportedly haunted, house and prepare for a duel to the death. The Shell of Sense . . . Olivia Howard Dunbar . . . 14 pages There is a presence in Theresa's room, watching her ... The Woman at Seven Brothers . . . Wilber Daniel Steele . . . 31 pages An assistant lighthouse keeper arrives at his first appointment - on an island with the lighthouse keeper and his strange young wife. At the Gate . . . Myla Jo Closser . . . 9 pages A dog comes across a huge, mysterious gate that may just mark the end of his long journey. Ligeia . . . Edgar Allan Poe . . . 16 pages The narrator describes what he remembers of his beautiful, intelligent wife, Ligeia. The Haunted Orchard . . . Richard Le Gallienne . . . 10 pages While summering in the country, a New Yorker comes across an apparently abandoned farm house. The Bowmen . . . Arthur Machen . . . 5 pages In the heat of battle, with tens of thousands of Germans descending on the British trenches and all hope lost, a man prays to Saint George. A Ghost . . . Guy de Maupassant . . . 10 pages A man is asked to collect some items from a house where the lover of an old acquaintance recently died.