Haunted Tales by Adam Macqueen

Haunted Tales by Adam Macqueen

'A brilliantly eclectic mix of dark, unsettling tales' Joanne Burn, author of The Bone Hunters

'Guaranteed to give you goosebumps' Best Magazine

'Atmospheric collection of spooky stories' Observer

'A lovely present' The Spectator

'Inspired by all the great ghost story writers' BBC Open Book Editor's Pick

'Tis the season to be haunting

An unexpected and unwelcome voice on the world’s first radio broadcast in 1908. A son who won’t stop messaging his family on Facebook, although he’s been dead for quite some time now. A frozen forest in a far north land where the sinister elf-kin lurk in the snow.

A Scottish island where the locals make very sure their old folk don’t go hungry through the long winter.

Over the past two decades Adam Macqueen has sent a Haunted Tale to his family in place of a Christmas card. A collection in the grand tradition of ghost stories – to be read by the fire in the depths of winter – it proves that terror lurks in many places, and the dead take on infinite guises . . .

READER REVIEWS

'Spine-chilling'

'Dark and twisty'

'Pleasing terrors indeed'

‘An awesome collection … I loved how each story had its unique twist’ 

‘An amazingly spooky collection … Excellent’

‘What a wonderfully weird and unsettling collection of short stories this is!’

‘Fabulous … I can't recommend this book enough’

'A brilliantly eclectic mix of dark, unsettling tales' - Joanne Burn, author of The Bone Hunters

'A delight from start to finishAdam MacQueen demonstrates a wonderful variety of voice and tone, and a great affection for the form, lacing these tales with genuine chills. He has created a wonderfully seasonal treat - exactly the kind of book you want to curl up with as the winter nights draw in' - Amanda Mason, author of The Wayward Girls

'A unique and terrifying collection of ghost stories with twists I never saw coming. A book to be read by the fireside in the cold winter nights. Just don't look up at the shadows!' - Carly Reagon, author of The Toll House

'Eerie collection ... The past inveigles its way into the present in these unpredictable, unsettling and occasionally cryptic tales' - Woman and Home

‘Draw the curtains, light the fire, and cosy up with this selection of very creepy tales. Originally written as gifts for the author’s family and friends, they are brilliantly crafted and guaranteed to give you goosebumps’ - Best Magazine

‘It’s kind of like an introduction to that entire genre, the author Adam Macqueen is inspired by all the great ghost story writers … Each time I read one of his stories and finished it I went straight back to the beginning to re-read it’ - Drummond Moir, BBC Open Book Editor's Pick

Adam Macqueen is the author of books including The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit. The King of Sunlight, his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by The Economist as one of its books of the year. He has contributed to Private Eye since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He has written two Tommy Wildeblood crime novels, published in 2020 and 2022.

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ISBN 13	9781800754454
ISBN 10	1800754450
Title	Haunted Tales
Author	Adam Macqueen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Swift Press
Year published	2024-10-24
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.