Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves Analysis The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a short story from her collection The Bloody Chamber published in 1979 that was made into the 1984 film called, surprisingly, The Company of Wolves, by Neil Jordan and starring, amongst others, Angela Lansbury. In summary, the story is a…
Taig O’Kane and The Corpse Written by Douglas Hyde This story is also known as Tadhg O’Kane or Ó Catháin. An Irish ghost story, or perhaps an Irish fairy story, where a wastrel boy compromises the reputation of a local girl and when he goes out on the road to think, he meets a party…
The Crowd by Ray Bradbury Spoiler Alert! I summarise the story below. If you want to listen to it first, click the button: Background to The Crowd by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury was visiting Eddie Barrera in 1935 at his home on Washington Boulevard when they heard a loud crash. The men sprinted outside and discovered…
The Seven Scariest Ghost Stories Ever Written Ghost stories for Halloween have to be the best ghost stories you can get, and these seven ghost stories are possibly the most creepy every written. Just click through to listen to seven spine-tingling, spine-chilling terrifying tales by the masters of horror. Click below to hear the scariest…
Five Terrifying tales by tony walker Tony Walker has written and chosen five spooky stories for Halloween (or any other time of the year you feel like getting scared). These are links to the YouTube channel for The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast. These are, in my opinion, my five most terrifying tales, and based on…
How to Write a Ghost Story How to Write a Ghost Story: Point of View and Choice of Tense One of the first things to do when deciding how to write your ghost story, is to choose a point of view. There are many writing books written on point of view and tense, but here…
