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Steve Nallon's Ghost Stories

Twelve Spooky Tales of Supernatural Strangeness and Weirdly Wonderful Goings On

Steve Nallon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd

Published:28th Oct '24

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Steve Nallon's Ghost Stories is a darkly humorous collection of twelve ghost stories for grown-ups offering modern takes on the classic British supernatural tradition - including:*

There's a tale with a plan to expose fraudulent clairvoyants that leads to unexpectedly grave consequences.

* A Gothic horror featuring the biblical Witch of Endor.

* Lady Thatcher a-haunting Downing Street and freaking out recent prime ministers, including the present incumbent, Sir Keir Starmer.

* A murder mystery set in an old manor house where a symposium on the Victorian ghost tale is taking place.

* A creepy Halloween homage to M.R. James.

* A laugh-out-loud farce involving a frolicsome Hattie Jacques taking up ghostly residence in the downstairs toilet of two gay bears.

* Plus Christmas angels, unaccountable shadows and a theatre ghost!



All twelve stories have lavish, full colour digital paintings by Spitting Image artist and illustrator, Scott Brooker.

'One of our best impersonators has now found his voice as a writer - stories full of wit, character and intrigue, as entertaining as any of Steve's characters.' Rory Bremner,

'FABULOUS. Fascinating tales. Fascinating writing. Fascinating wit. Steve Nallon has a HIT... Needs to be show, Netflix are you listening?' Christian Dion,

'Steve Nallon's "It's What She Would Have Wanted" is funny, relatable and spookily familiar - finding the funny in death is no mean feat and Nallon has done it - read this and take heed, it could well be you one day!' Arabella Weir

'These are absolute GENIUS! Perfectly formed, individually wrapped treats, to be consumed by the fireside, a large sherry in hand, the fingers of long branches scraping across a window. A mixture of Wodehouse, Conan Doyle and fresh Nallon, these spooky tales chill and thrill in equal amounts.' James Dreyfus,

'Just when you thought it was safe, she's back. A shiver will run down your back when you learn of the return of Mrs T in ghostly form. Be afraid. Very afraid.' Iain Dale,

'With a fine grasp of character and idiolect, Steve Nallon conjures up worlds with a great sense of authenticity and an even greater sense of imagination... Steve has an uncanny ability to find fresh and disturbing images - of life and death - in what we think are familiar worlds.' Alistair McGowan

  • Winner of For the Hell Of It - best screenwriting, MEI International Film Festival 2024

ISBN: 9781068618963

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 26mm

Weight: unknown

416 pages