Vault Advent Calendar VI 2015

Illustration: Chrissie Demant

Started as of now. A supernatural and/ or horror story per day right the way through until 24th, plus the odd stocking thriller and usual daily dose of morbid thrills. This is Vault!

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Vault Advent Calendar #5: A Tribute to Michel Parry

Starts today over on our forum

A tribute to Michel

We still have a few vacant slots so, should you wish to contribute, you can email dem at  whitechapelgothicAtgmail.com. ASAP! Please name message ‘Vault Advent Calendar’ or similar so as not to confuse my spam filter. Remember – it’s short proper horror supernatural fiction we’re after, not 2 million page novels.

Oh yeah. Seasons greetings and all that

bloody kisses

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Vault Advent Calendar 2012

Those of you who’ve yet to investigate the Vault Forum might like to do so now as we’re currently compiling the 3rd Annual Vault Advent Calendar. Stories from a variety of ‘thirties pulp magazines & collections supplemented by works from such contemporary greats as Thana Niveau, John Llewellyn Probert, David. A. Riley, Franklin Marsh, Craig Herbertson, Paul Finch, Ramsey Campbell, James Doig, Johnny Mains, and Charles Black. You’ll need to register to download the stories, but hey, you can always delete your account when you’ve had enough! Many, many thanks to all who’ve given of their time and talent to help.

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Richard Dalby – Mystery for Christmas

Richard Dalby (ed.) – Mystery for Christmas ed. (O’Mara, 1990)

Richard Dalby – Foreword

Charles Dickens – The Black Veil
Mrs. J. H. Riddell – The Banshee’s Warning (Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning)
Erckmann-Chatrian – The Citizen’s Watch
Thomas Hardy – What The Shepherd Saw
Edward Lucas White – The Picture Puzzle
Dolf Wyllarde  – Ellison’s Christmas Dinner
Marjorie Bowen – Marwood’s Ghost Story
Margery H. Lawrence – The Man Who Came Back
Joseph Shearing  – The Chinese Apple
Ronald Duncan – Diary Of A Poltergeist
Muriel Spark – The Leaf-Sweeper
Derek Stanford – The Illuminated Office
H. R. F. Keating  – The Case Of Seven Santas
Sydney J. Bounds  – Mage Of The Monkeys
Maggie Ross – Nostalgia
Roger F. Dunkley  – The Reluctant Murderer
John S. Glasby – Cyanide For Christmas
Elizabeth Fancett  – The Cloak Of DeSouvre
Roger Johnson – The Soldier
Ron Weighell – The Case Of The Fiery Messengers
David G. Rowlands – The Codex
John Whitbourn – Peace On Earth, Goodwill To Most Men
Mary Williams – Christmas Rose

Cramer & Hartwell – Christmas Ghosts

Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell (eds.) – Christmas Ghosts (Robinson, 1988)

Introduction: David G. Hartwell – The Spirits Of Christmas

Elia Wilkinson Peattie – Their Dear Little Ghost
F. Anstey – The Curse Of The Catafalques
Charles Dickens – The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton
Elizabeth Walter – Christmas Night
Arthur Machen – A New Christmas Carol
A. N. L. Munby – A Christmas Game
Frank R. Stockton – The Great Staircase At Landover Hall
John Kendrick Bangs – The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall
Rosemary Timperley – Christmas Meeting
William D. O’Connor – The Ghost
Sir Andrew Caldecott – Christmas Reunion
Leonard Kip – The Ghosts At Grantley
Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Christmas Banquet
Marjorie Bowen – The Crown Derby Plate
Mrs. J. H. Riddell – A Strange Christmas Game
Ramsey Campbell – Calling Card
Charles Dickens – A Christmas Tree