Need name of old ghost story collection

[jackball74]

For years I have been looking for a paperback book my friend had from the late '70s or early '80s. It had a two-word title, something like Ghostly Terrors or Horrors (although these have gotten me nowhere with searches), and the cover featured a dark illustration of a horse-drawn carriage. All the tales were by the same author. Something about the way the stories were written cut to the bone - it was one of the most terrifying collections I have ever read. It was apparently aimed at young adults, but I wouldn't have given it to anyone under 18! Some of the stories were -

A woman traveling at night stops at a hotel and sees a woman in her room. She looks in the closet and discovers a skeleton.

A man traveling by foot at night runs into a man who is revealed to have no face. He flees and meets another man who, ultimately, is shown to have no face as well.

A man meets up with a friend he thought was dead. The first man becomes drunk and the second puts him on his horse which races off into the night. The man wakes up to find himself on a monument in a cemetery.

Something about a man who is cruel to animals being lead to his death by giant black cats

A manor house haunted by a rotting corpse of a woman carrying her dead child

[jackball74]

Found it! "Chilling Ghost Stories" It was published by Scholastic, an American company that caters mainly to schools via a book club. You'd get a catalog in English class, check off what you wanted, get mom or dad to write a check and your books would arrive in a few weeks. One of the highlights of my school years - way better than math or gym.

[dem]

Glad you found it, jackball. from your description it sounded awful familiar but turns out i've never seen a copy of Chilling Ghost Stories so i was thinking of something else entirely! friend Doug posted a number of Scholastic covers here. Bernhardt J Hurwood edited a number of anthologies (and wrote a dreadful vampire novel), a personal favourite being the multiple author Monsters Galore

welcome to Vault, btw.