5/12/2023 0 Comments A ghost story the small hand![]() ![]() And the most renowned ghost story of our own times is, I think indisputably, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. And, at the risk of being seen merely to be repeating received wisdom, it is hard to think of a better ghost story than The Turn of the Screw by that other James – Henry. James was the acknowledged master: he got it just right, time after time. For many aficionados of the genre (including myself), M. None of this prevents there being an entire library of great ghost stories. I know: I speak as one who has tried his hand at writing ghost stories, but who has been so embarrassed by the results that he has not even kept them tucked away on his hard drive. And the pacing has to be just right: any slight misjudgement in pacing that may pass unnoticed by most readers in other types of fiction can sink a ghost story. ![]() One must maintain throughout a judicious balance between telling too little, and telling too much: tell too little, and the reader feels cheated tell too much and the sense of mystery, of the unexplained – that sense which is the essence of any good ghost story – dissipates. Ghost stories are incredibly difficult to pull off. ![]()
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