Books by M. John Harrison
“I think M. John Harrison is one of our best living writers. He’s underrated because he works in genre fiction. And this is the highest quality volume of stories he’s ever produced. They’re not explicitly about ghosts; they’re often just ideas – sometimes sketches, sometimes a paragraph, sometimes a page – which have this kernel of bitter humour and unknowability in them. Then in the midst of them there’s this almost-straight ghost story, ‘Animals,’ which is probably my favourite.” Read more...
Will Maclean, Novelist
Interviews where books by M. John Harrison were recommended
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'The Same Dog' in Cold Hand in Mine
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'Home' in Dark Tales
by Shirley Jackson -
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'Animals' in You Should Come With Me Now
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'The Book' in The Virago Book of Ghost Stories
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'Blind Man's Buff' in The Oxford Book of 20th-Century Ghost Stories
by H. Russell Wakefield
The Best Ghost Stories, recommended by Will Maclean
The Best Ghost Stories, recommended by Will Maclean
If you love to get scared silly then we have reading recommendations for you. Will Maclean, author of the unsettling new novel The Apparition Phase, selects the best ghost stories to read at Halloween, including writing from the queen of screams Shirley Jackson, and a four-page, pitch-black nightmare that might just be the perfect ghost story.
