First published 2025
The clock strikes one in the morning. Darkness spreads across empty streets and silent houses. This is when spirits walk the earth and the living encounter what should not be. Thirteen acclaimed writers have gathered to explore this mysterious time between midnight and dawn. Each author contributes a new ghost story that captures the eerie atmosphere of the witching hour. Michelle Paver, Stacey Halls, Bridget Collins, and ten other storytellers bring their unique voices to tales of supernatural encounters. The collection spans different settings and centuries, but all stories share the common thread of that peculiar hour when normal rules no longer apply. Readers will discover vengeful spirits, haunted locations, and ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. The authors include Imogen Hermes Gowan, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Macneal, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Stuart Turton, and Catriona Ward. Together they create a collection that celebrates the tradition of ghost stories while offering fresh perspectives on supernatural fiction.
Genres: horror, supernatural, ghost-stories, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: anthology, supernatural-fiction
Period: Midnight, Witching Hour
480 pages · Hardcover · Sphere