Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery

Le Fanu is a master of quiet terror, who inspired Bram Stoker himself.

In this collection you’ll find stories where ghosts do not merely frighten—they make you doubt the very reality itself.

On the pages of this collection, readers will encounter chilling soul-stirring tales that draw them into a world of the beyond and the inexplicable.

In the title story “Madame Crowe’s Spirit,” the narrative revolves around a young girl who takes a job with Arabella Crowe. In the house of the old woman, servants do not last long—there are rumors that the centenarian mistress is possessed by the devil and is involved in the disappearance of her stepson. When the young assistant becomes a witness to strange events and encounters a ghostly figure, the boundary between reality and the supernatural begins to blur…