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           It's Octobrrrrrr and the season of witches and spooks is here. It's time to draw the curtains, edge closer to the fire and get your nose stuck into a ghost story or two. For my money, those which are short stories work best and there are some great ones out there - tales which get it just right, scaring the pants off you and haunting you for years after, jumping out at you from dark corners of your memory at unexpected moments, and without ever needing to overstep the matter and descend into horror and grim and grisly goriness to achieve their effect.           If you need some classic examples, there's our own Sue Price's Overheard in a Graveyard for starters: it's right up there with that master of Halloween eeeek Ray Bradbury's story The Emissary from his collection The October Country .           And there are of course other m...

From ghosties and ghoulies and long leggerty beasties, And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us ... Yes, the witching season is upon us once again this month! If you're looking for something both seasonal and canine, might I recommend Haunting Hounds? Although I don't normally make a habit of plugging my books here in such an in-your-face manner, I will make an exception for this one, as it's in aid of a really good cause:  50% of all royalties are going to Scruples Whippet Rescue , which does a wonderful job of rescuing and helping to find new homes for whippets in need. It was really good fun to write; and although it's a little bit tongue in cheek in places, there are a couple of stories that really gave me goosebumps when researching them, such as the tale of the Newgate Black Dog and that of fighter pilot Guy Gibson's Labrador who became the mascot for the Dam Busters squadron.     As well as o...