If you go here you will find the Robert Westall author page at Valancourt's site. The books include Antique Dust, The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral, and Spectral Shadows. All are well worth a look, reasonably priced paperbacks by an author whose work is now, sadly, often out of print.
Antique Dust is a series of linked stories told by an antique dealer, and are thoroughly satisfying for anyone who loves the traditional ghost story. Among other things, you can find 'a sinister Georgian clock carved with obscene and Satanic designs, a hideous doll with deadly powers, a pair of old spectacles that let their wearer see a little too clearly, an ugly house with a terrifying secret, a church full of graffiti scrawled in decomposing human flesh'.The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral is about a steeplejack repairing the eponymous building, only to discover that 'he is unprepared for the horror he will encounter. Something unspeakably evil in the medieval tower is seeking victims among the young neighborhood boys ... and Joe’s son may be next! An unsettling story with a horrifying conclusion, this eerie tale will chill young and old readers alike.'
Spectral Shadows contains three novellas, including 'Blackham's Wimpey' (see previous post), 'The Wheatstone Pond', and 'Yaxley's Cat'.
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