In the title story a ghost ship of pirates comes ashore in a storm in a field and the old village of Fairfield is never quite the same, as its own ghosts take to drinking with the sailors. The other stories and sketches range from tender tales of children to bleak glimpses of London, introduced by Arthur Machen.
The posthumous collection of a gifted writer who died young in 1911, prized by lovers of the uncanny. Download the free EPUB.