{"product_id":"haunters-at-the-hearth-eerie-tales-for-christmas-nights-9780712354271","title":"Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"But something odd does happen here at Christmas time. When I first heard the story, I thought it was an old wives' tale, but--well, these old houses--you hear strange things--\" He lifted his shoulders and stared into the fire...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the troves of the British Library collections comes a new volume for Christmas nights--when the boundary between the mundane and the unearthly is ever so thin--ushering in a new throng of revenants, demons, spectres and shades drawn to the glow of the hearth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded within are eighteen classic stories ranging from 1864 to 1974, with vintage Victorian chillers nestled alongside unsettling modern pieces from L. P. Hartley and Mildred Clingerman; lost tales from rare anthologies and periodicals; weird episodes from unexpected authors such as Winston Graham and D. H. Lawrence; stories simmering with a twisted humour from Elizabeth Bowen and Celia Fremlin and many more haunting seasonal treats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTanya Kirk\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator in the Printed Heritage Collections team at the British Library. She has previously edited the Tales of the Weird collection \u003ci\u003eSunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights\u003c\/i\u003e in 2021 with Lucy Evans.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635476500754,"sku":"9780712354271","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1df96148-aa3c-4df0-9eca-886efb688868.jpg?v=1732844121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/haunters-at-the-hearth-eerie-tales-for-christmas-nights-9780712354271","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}