Contents: 7 • Introduction (The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 11 • The House in the Wood • (1937) • short story by John Hastings Turner 21 • Fear • (1944) • short story by P. C. Wren 44 • The Furnished Room • (1904) • short story by O. Henry 50 • To Keep Him Company • short story by Rosemary Timperley 61 • In the Mist • (1971) • short story by Elizabeth Walter 78 • On the Brighton Road • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton 82 • Smee • (1929) • short story by A. M. Burrage [as by Ex-Private X] 94 • Master Ghost and I • (1973) • short story by Barbara Softly 112 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce 121 • Two Trifles • (1934) • short story by Oliver Onions 132 • Wicked Captain Walshawe • (1937) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu *variant of Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling (1864) [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu] 143 • Monkshood Manor • (1954) • short story by L.P. Hartley 156 • The Chapel Men • short story by A.E. Ellis 165 • The Birthright • (1931) • short story by Hilda Hughes 173 • Non-Paying Passengers • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes