Uncanny Tales

While searching the British Library on flickr for artwork to use in a Creepmas project, I found cover art for Uncanny Tales by Mrs Molesworth which peeked my interest.  Published in 1896, full of ghostly stories, it's a nice collection if you like curling up next to the fire on a cold winter's night. 

Available at The Project Gutenberg, if I were to rank them by favorites they would appear just as they do in the table of contents. 

THE SHADOW IN THE MOONLIGHT.
"THE MAN WITH THE COUGH."
"HALF-WAY BETWEEN THE STILES."
AT THE DIP OF THE ROAD.
"—— WILL NOT TAKE PLACE."
THE CLOCK THAT STRUCK THIRTEEN.

The Shadow In The Moonlight being my favorite and the most suitable for a ghostly Victorian Christmas story and The Clock That Struck Thirteen being the least. 

Some of the stories are supernatural in nature while others only appear to be at first. Will Not Take Place is neither, but well written. 

The last story was just disappointing. The eerie clock failed to live up to expectations and sadly the fiercely independent headstrong female protagonist learns it's best to always listen to a man and let him take care of you. 

But overall it's a nice collection if you enjoy spending your Creepmas curled up with spooky Victorian stories.