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The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories
| Author: | Joan Aiken |
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Small Beer Press, 2016 |
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| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won't let you sleep, the sound that raises gooseflesh, the wish you'd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. Here are tales of suspense and the supernatural that will chill, amuse, and exhilarate. Features a new introduction by the late author's daughter, Lizza Aiken.
Best known for The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken (1924-2004) wrote over a hundred books and won the Guardian and Edgar Allan Poe awards. After her first husband's death, she supported her family by copyediting at Argosy magazine and an advertising agency before turning to fiction. She went on to write for Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Argosy, Women's Own, and many others. Visit her online at joanaiken.com.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction by Kelly Link
- "The Power of Storytelling: Joan Aiken's Strange Stories" by Lizza Aiken
- Cold Flame
- The Dark Streets of Kimball's Green
- Furry Night
- Hope
- Humblepuppy
- The Lame King
- The Last Specimen
- A Leg Full of Rubies
- Listening
- Lob's Girl
- The Man Who Had Seen the Rope Trick
- The Mysterious Barricades
- Old Fillikin
- The People in the Castle
- A Portable Elephant
- A Room Full of Leaves
- She Was Afraid of Upstairs
- Some Music for the Wicked Countess
- Sonata for Harp and Bicycle
- Watkyn, Comma
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