''Ghosts'' is an
anthology
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of
themed fantasy
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and
science fiction
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short stories on the subject of
ghost
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s edited by
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
,
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...
and
Charles G. Waugh
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as the tenth volume in their
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by
Signet/New American Library in December 1988. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in October 1989.
The book collects fourteen novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents
*"Introduction: Ghosts" (
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
)
*"Ringing the Changes" (
Robert Aickman
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)
*"
Author! Author!" (
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
)
*"Touring" (
Michael Swanwick
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Writing career
Swanwick's fiction writing began w ...
,
Gardner Dozois
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and
Jack M. Dann)
*"The Wind in the Rose-Bush" (
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
*"Come Dance With Me On My Pony's Grave" (
Charles L. Grant)
*"The Fire When It Comes" (
Parke Godwin
Parke Godwin (January 28, 1929 – June 19, 2013) was an American writer. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1982 for his story " The Fire When It Comes". He was a native of New York City, where he was born in 1929. He was the ...
)
*"The Toll-House" (
W. W. Jacobs
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Early life
He was born in 1863 at 5, Crombie's Row, Mile End Old Town (not Wappin ...
)
*"The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost" (
Russell Kirk
Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored '' T ...
)
*"A Terrible Vengeance" (
Charlotte Riddell)
*"Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" (
Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...
)
*"A Passion for History" (
Stephen Minot)
*"Daemon" (
C. L. Moore)
*"The Lady's Maid's Bell" (
Edith Wharton
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)
*"The King of Thieves" (
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. He also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Ach ...
)
Notes
1988 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Martin H. Greenberg anthologies
Isaac Asimov anthologies
Short stories about ghosts
Signet Books books
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