The people in the castle : selected strange stories

Author

Joan Aiken

Call Number

• FICTION AIKE (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2016]

Physical Description

ix, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won't let you sleep, the sound that raises gooseflesh, the wish you'd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. Here are tales of suspense and the supernatural that will chill, amuse, and exhilarate. Features a new introduction by the late author's daughter, Lizza Aiken."--

Contents

• Introduction / by Kelly Link
• The power of storytelling: Joan Aiken's strange stories / by Lizza Aiken
• A leg full of rubies
• A portable elephant
• A room full of leaves
• Furry night
• Hope
• Humblepuppy
• Listening
• Lob's girl
• Old Fillikin
• She was afraid of upstairs
• Some music for the wicked Countess
• Sonata for harp and bicycle
• The cold flame
• The dark streets of Kimball's Green
• The lame king
• The last specimen
• The man who had seen the rope trick
• The mysterious barricades
• The people in the castle
• Watkyn, comma.