Four of the very best Victorian short ghost stories, all written by incredibly talented, but oft-times overlooked or forgotten, female authors.

The Victorian era is remembered for many things, but one of the fondest is the wide and varied array of short, ghostly, suspenseful tales…often enjoyed around the fireside at Christmas time.

In this new anthology, Billie Fulford-Brown performs four of the very best, all written by incredibly talented, but oft-times overlooked or forgotten, female authors:

“A Mysterious Visitor” by Ellen Wood “The Ghost of the Treasure Chamber” by Emily Arnold “Number Two, Melrose Square” by Theo Gift aka Dora Havers “Christmas Eve in Beach House” by Eliza Lynn Linton