9 Introduction (The Twentieth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes13 Aunt Hester (1975) shortstory by Brian Lumley31 Skin Deep shortfiction by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris [as by Roger Malisson ]41 How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery (1911) shortstory by E. F. Benson56 Carrie Liddicoat's Cottage shortfiction by Meg Buxton65 The Diary of William Carpenter (1943) shortfiction by John Atkins79 The Roads of Donnington shortstory by Rick Kennett88 The Running Tide (1931) shortfiction by A. M. Burrage [as by Ex-Private X ]101 A Lady in the Night shortfiction by Dorothy K. Haynes108 The Villa Désirée (1921) shortstory by May Sinclair120 Graveyard Lodge shortfiction by Heather Vineham132 Ordeal by Fire shortfiction by Gladys Law139 Our Lady of the Shadows shortfiction by Tony Richards