THE HAUNTING SEASON - GHOSTLY TALES FOR LONG WINTER NIGHTS

Long before Dickens and James popularized the tradition, the long and 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 nine bestselling, award-winning authors - all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales. Taking you from the frosty fens of Cambridgeshire, to the snow-covered grounds of a country 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 . . . The Haunting Season features new and original tales from: Bridget Collins Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding Sara Collins Costa First Novel Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton Imogen Hermes Gowar Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock Kiran Millwood Hargrave Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies Andrew Michael Hurley Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney Jess Kidd International award-winning author of Things in Jars Elizabeth Macneal Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory Natasha Pulley Sunday Time s bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street Laura Purcell Award-winning author of The Silent Companions