More Spook Stories

More Spook Stories
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"More Spook Stories" by E. F. Benson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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E F Benson. More Spook Stories

More Spook Stories

Table of Contents

THE STEP

THE BED BY THE WINDOW

PROLOGUE

JAMES LAMP

THE DANCE

II

THE HANGING OF ALFRED WADHAM

PIRATES

THE WISHING-WELL

THE BATH-CHAIR

MONKEYS

CHRISTOPHER COMES BACK

THE SANCTUARY

II

THURSDAY EVENINGS

THE PSYCHICAL MALLARDS

THE END

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E. F. Benson

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Then close at hand he saw the lights of the church, and there perhaps he could find sanctuary from it. The door was open, and he sprang up the steps. Close by there were lights burning on the altar of a side chapel, and he flung himself on his knees. Not for years had he attempted to pray, and now in the agony of his soul he could but say in a gabbling whisper, "O my God: O my God." Over and over he said it.

By degrees some sort of self-control came back to him. There were holy images, there was a sacred picture above the altar, a smell of hallowing incense was in the air. Surely there was protection here, a power that would intervene between him and the terror of that face. A sort of tranquillity overscored his panic, and he began to look round.

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