by Robert Etty
First published 1995
The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories plunges readers into the dark corners of 19th century America. Wilkie Collins' "The Ostler" opens with a late-night encounter in a lonely inn. Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" follows a ghostly presence in a secluded manor. As the anthology progresses, the specters grow more malevolent - from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" to Stoker's "The Judge's House." Throughout, the lingering trauma of the Civil War casts an eerie pall. These chilling tales, penned by literary masters, will leave you looking over your shoulder long after the final page.
Genres: short-stories, american-fiction, mystery, horror, gothic-horror, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: gothic, supernatural, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Alabama, London, Owl Creek Bridge, Toledo, United States
Period: 1861-65, 1889
214 pages · Hardcover · HEINEMANN