The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins

The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

Bridget Collins with Natasha Pulley (Contributor), Imogene Hermes Gowar (Contributor), Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Contributor), Andrew Michael Hurley (Contributor), Jess Kidd (Contributor), Elizabeth Macneal (Contributor), Laura Purcell (Contributor), Rosalind Eleazar (Narrator), Rory Kinnear (Narrator), Gemma Whelan (Narrator), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Description

Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honored tradition of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of s...

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Community Reviews Summary of 730 reviews

Moods

dark 92%
mysterious 91%
tense 57%
emotional 15%
sad 12%
adventurous 11%
reflective 8%
challenging 7%

Pace

medium 58%
fast 30%
slow 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 59% | Plot: 26% | N/A: 10% | Character: 3%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 34% | N/A: 30% | No: 26% | Yes: 8%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 47% | No: 25% | N/A: 20% | Yes: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 46% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 12% | N/A: 11%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 27% | N/A: 21% | No: 15%

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