Seven Ghosts

A gathering of finalists in a writing competition goes very, very wrong in this ghostly multi-narrative Halloween horror.

Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent grounds, they hear the stories of seven ghosts who haunt the halls. But strange shapes and shadows follow Jake as he journeys through the house and with each tale that Jake hears, he begins to feel more uneasy. All is not as it seems and soon Jake will discover that something is very, very wrong …

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Reviews

“Delightfully chilling … Priestley is the M.R. James of children’s literature” – The Times

"With a masterful build-up of tension and discomfort, this creepy story is unnerving and chilling rather than overtly terrifying but readers of a sensitive disposition should probably read it with the lights on" – BookTrust

"Chris Priestley knows just how to tell horror stories" – LoveReading4Kids

"A true master … [who] needs very few words to be seriously scary” –The Book Smugglers

"If you’re looking for something to get the heart racing and the hairs on the back of your neck rising without being overpoweringly spooky, this will do the trick" – The Letterpress Project

About the author

Chris Priestley is the author of the critically acclaimed Tales of Terror series, the award-winning novel Mister Creecher, and in 2018, Chris won the Portsmouth Shorter Novel Award for Flesh and Blood. He is most prominently inspired by the tradition of horror stories by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. He lives in Cambridge, where he continues to think up marvellously macabre stories, but he is also a talented artist and illustrator. He illustrates his own material and his cartoons have been published in the Independent as well as other national newspapers.