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These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. Published to celebrate what would have been Dahls 75th birthday and including two stories not previously published in this country. Michael Joseph, 1991 - 20th century general fiction - 762 pages. ' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl. Following a crash and some severe headaches, he returned home. They are brutal, these stories, and yet you finish reading each one with a smile, or maybe even a hollow laugh, certainly a shiver of gratification, because the conclusion always seems so right Charlie Higson, from his introduction. Dahl enlisted to the Royal Air Force where he became a flying ace. The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling and sinister volumes. He was born in Wales to Norwegian parents. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts. Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British author of fantasy, mystery and horror novels and short stories for both children and adults. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. T he room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. by Roald Dahl (1916-1990) Approximate Word Count: 3899.