The Ghost Ship

A humorous tale of a town bustling with ghosts. The living villagers are accustomed to the deceased going about their business around them - but an element of chaos is introduced when a supernatural pirate ship appears in a turnip patch, and begins to dispense a heavenly rum to both living and dead.......more

«The other day I said to a friend, "I have just been reading in proof a volume of short stories by an author named Richard Middleton. He is dead. [...]"» Già nel 1912 era evidente che Machen cercasse di tenere in vita la reputazione di un autore senza successo. Cent'anni dopo possiamo dire che i suoi......more

This is a unique and really fun ghost story. There are no scars here but the premise is interesting. A small town is overrun with ghosts to the point where they are the seen as any of the other inhabitants of the town. A storm ends up leaving a ghost ship in a landlord's garden and they are temporar......more

Nothing dreadful, nor dreadfully wrong about this little bagatelle, and it has enough silly dry observation to make it enjoyable, but like it’s eponym, it doesn’t really go anywhere with much purpose.......more

A quaint compilation of short stories. I quite enjoyed several, some were decent but I would have quit them had they been novels. Overall not a bad read. Some great vocabulary.......more