John Gaskin - The Dark Companion

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Stories in the great British ghost story tradition, written by a former Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. Set in classic locations such as wild moorland, abandoned railways and so forth.

The Pit
The Black Knight
Cropsey's Hole
Blaeweary
Single to Burnfoot
The Dark Companion
Blindburn
Vanitas Vanitatum
The Dublin Epictetus
Avernus
Look Closely


I always think it's unfair to both the reader & the writer to write spoilers, especially for short stories, but suffice to say that all are well worth reading but "Cropsey's Hole", "The Pit" and "Blindburn" are classically creepy in the best Jamesian style. To the point that reading them out loud to a group sipping malt by the fire would seem totally appropriate...