A Handful of Ghosts - George H. Bushnell Reviews
Description:ISBN 0950207926 /
Newest Review: ... thereby dispelling the atmosphere that had been fairly successfully built up by that point, leading to the odd meeting of ... more
... dull lecture and exciting ghost story of ‘The Screaming Horsemen,’ which would be the best of the lot if the balance had been shifted towards the latter events rather than the former, unnecessarily long set-up.
As with some of the best ghost stories, the supernatural elements are all toned down into mere apparitions that could, at a stretch and with a considerable degree of scepticism, be put down to natural occurrence or sick tomfoolery. The first story, attractively titled ‘The Closing of the Cloisters,’ is the most su...more
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This neat little paperback published by the St. Andrews Preservation Trust is a loving reproduction of George H. Bushnell’s original and sole collection of ghost stories, originally published by the University in 1945. Set in and around the area of Scotland’s oldest University, these stories, however fanciful or based on alleged truths, were originally told to Bushnell’s Celtic Society as entertainment during blackouts in the Second World War. The local basis serves to make it a little unapproachable for the wider readership that it never particularly sought out (and will never attain), but also adds a rather quaint and authentic atmosphere to the five tales, even if ... Read the complete review
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