ladonnamemphis DeleteThis @wmconnect.com (LaDonnaMemphis) wrote in message news:<20040511034110.10255.00001196 DeleteThis @mb-m05.wmconnect.com>...
> I like classical short-story ghost stories. Have any been written in the last
> 50 years, I wonder? The least tinge of sci-fi destroys any ghost story for me.
> Instead, I like the ghost in a Victorian house short-story.
Only have time for a quick note off the top of my head, and away from
my bookcases.
I do not know exactly what you mean by "Victorian house short-story",
but there are hundreds of decent to superb ghost stories written in
the last 50 years, which develop themes and atmosphere in ways that
could seen as a contemporary analogue to the Victorian ghostly tale.
You would do well to seek out the work of Russell Kirk first of all,
then look at some of the work written by Ramsey Campbell, Reggie
Oliver, Paul Finch, Chet Williamson, John Alfred Taylor, Steve Duffy,
David Rowlands, A. F. (Chico) Kidd, Ron Weighell. etc., etc.
One of the regulars here, Jessica Salmonson, wrote a splendid
Christmas ghost story in the classic ghost story
tradition("Jeremiah"), and equally fine specimens of the regional
ghost story ("A Mirror for Eyes of Winter") and haunted house tale
("The House that Knew No Hate"), among much else that you might enjoy.
These are atmospheric tales with convincing characters, moments of
genuine terror, and a poignance not often seen in fiction much since
irony encroached on nearly every artform.
Jim<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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