Night Side of the River
Ghost Stories

A lifetime of winding fairy tales and the fantastical with facts unstitched from time made it only natural for Winterson to approach stories of ghosts and death in an AI present. Now that I’ve returned to where I have a valid SIM card and internet access, I wanted to share some insights from Winters......more

Jeanette Winterson's Night Side of the River is a short story collection that delves into all types of ghosts and hauntings. Divided into four sections and interspersed with Winterson's own ghostly experiences, the stories presented here explore hauntings through Devices, Places, People, and Visitat......more

4.5 stars I was initially curious and even sceptical as to whether Ms Winterson could pull this off. This collection of supernatural ghostly stories seemed an altogether unconventional departure from her customary genre, which I have always enjoyed. However, I was not disappointed. In fact, I was utt......more

This collection raised some interesting discussion and I enjoyed the essays in between each section. The conversation in both the stories and the essays about death, loss and reality we're thought-provoking and interesting. But for me, apart from a couple of exceptions most of the stories were fairl......more

Días de fantasmas es sin duda la antología de historias de terror más original que he leído en tiempo y ha conseguido dejarme un gran poso meditativo durante días. Homenajeando a la vez que emulando al terror clásico más gótico y victoriano, la inglesa Jeanette Winterson ha sabido intercalar lo tradi......more