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FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON AND THE WINTER SPIRITS COMES A BRAND NEW COLLECTION OF GHOSTLY TALES
Featuring new and original stories from: Michelle Paver, Stacey Halls, Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Macneal, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward
There is something peculiar about the hour after midnight. It is the time when darkness reigns. And strange things roam the earth.
In this dazzling collection of original haunted tales, thirteen bestselling and much-loved authors bring the old superstition of the witching hour to new and vivid life. Transporting you from the smog of London to the freezing mists of Svalbard, from an Irish town riddled with rumour to a sinister English boarding school, these thirteen stories will serve as your spinetingling companion to the long hours of winter. So curl up, light a candle, and wait for the clock to strike .