Alan's Anthology

The four stories 

For several weeks, I have pondered the possibility of bringing out some of my ghost stories in an anthology. Last night, while considering what to put in the book, I realised I already have an anthology out, of sorts, as the book on this post traces the history of my popular ghost story from the original short story, that I never liked. Through two edited version, and ending up with my revised edition, which I do like.

 I considered doing a humerous short story featurng more about the people than setting, but the ebook has not sold.

All the stories are available as individuals, or you can get the bargain buy of four for the price of one.

I wrote the first story in 2010; in 2011 I sent a copy to my friend Emma Louise Oram who was the editor of Vintage Times at the time; Emma said my story gave her the idea for a Halloween edition of her magazine, available to read online for the end of that October. This version is on sale under the title The Unseen Version, the reason is I thought I had lost it in a spell of clearing out several years ago.

Two years later, I sent my story to The Peacock Writers, a charity group I was writing for at the time. My friend, Paula Shene, asked if she could edit the end for a family version; to which I agreed. This version is available in the book A Spooky Fall Harvest as this is for charity none of the writers will earn from a sale.

The final version - The Adult Edition - features a more gruesome ending than any of the others.