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Tom Toothacre's Ghost Story

Harriet Beecher Stowe

First published 1881
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A ship inadvertently sinks a schooner in the fog. The ghosts of the schooner's crew attempt to warm themselves by the fire. Opinions are shared about how to successfully exorcize ghosts with two fresh coats of paint.

Notes

First published in Old Town Fireside Stories, Osgood, 1871.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1881 Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories Houghton Mifflin Collection
1899 Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories Houghton Mifflin Collection
September 1996 Cover 100 Tiny Tales of Terror Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 495
July 2017 Cover Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales Fall River Press Anthology 662
February 2019 Cover More Deadly Than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror Pegasus Books Anthology 113
February 2019 Cover More Deadly Than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror Pegasus Books Anthology
August 2022 Cover The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 11 Wimbourne Books Anthology 108