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Obras por Elizabeth Walter

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984) — Contribuidor — 122 exemplares
The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Realms of Darkness (1985) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1967) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Lie Ten Nights Awake: Ten Tales of Horror (1967) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Terrors, Terrors, Terrors (1979) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
More Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts (1981) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Eerie, Weird and Wicked (1977) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1927
Data de falecimento
2006-05-08
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Locais de residência
Wales
England
Ocupações
Editor
Writer

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Elizabeth Walter (1927 - d. May 8, 2006)[1] was a U.K. writer of short stories in the horror and fantasy genres. She was brought up in the Welsh Border country, and lived in London in later life though with periodic returns to the Wye Valley and the Black Mountains. An editor for a British publishing house,she edited Collins Crime Club titles for more than thirty years, from 1961-1993. Several of her supernatural tales were inspired by travels in other countries, especially Germany. She authored seven short story collections and four novels

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Well above average collection of M.R. James inspired ghost stories by British writer Walter. The ghosts are always malevolent and the guilty and innocent suffer equally. These ghosts are going to exact their bloody retribution on whoever happens to be around. Innocent curiosity usually is the culprit that leads our protagonists into their unfortunate encounters. Walter typically keeps the end well hidden until she's ready for you to know it, and these are delightfully surprising.

Most highly recommended.… (mais)
 
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Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 |
This lady wrote the superbly chilling "In the Mist" as well as the title short story which lent its title to the book. If you are looking for an example of the scary things of the thirties and forties, this book does well as an example.
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DinadansFriend | 1 outra crítica | Feb 26, 2018 |
stories: The Sin Eater / Dearest Clarissa / A Scientific Impossibility / A Question of Time / The Spider / Exorcism

I thoroughly enjoyed these creepy stories, particularly the titular two ("The Sin Eater," about the Welsh folk custom to ensure the peaceful sleep of the dead and "A Scientific Impossibility," about scientists confronted by the supernatural).

The whole time I was reading "Dearest Clarissa" (written in the form of letters from an institutionalized woman to her sister), I experienced deja vu, but I still can't say whether I'd read or heard of this story before. Maybe it was made into a movie or Twilight Zone episode, or merely anthologized elsewhere.

Despite its title, "Exorcism" is actually a comical read. This final story provides a comparatively light and upbeat ending to an otherwise creepy collection.
… (mais)
½
 
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extrajoker | 1 outra crítica | May 21, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
8
Also by
15
Membros
124
Popularidade
#161,165
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
3
ISBN
34
Línguas
2

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