"The Stoneground Ghost Tales" by E. G. Swain is a compilation that centers on Reverend Roland Batchel, the local leader of Stoneground, a made-up village. Mr. Batchel finds himself amidst strange events that mix funny and scary moments, deeply connected to the area's past and its people. What starts as a glimpse into Stoneground, its lovely vicarage garden, and stories of vicars from long ago, quickly turns when Mr. Batchel becomes captured by a photo. This photo, snapped by a boy one summer, shockingly shows a ghost-like figure – a creepy man holding a roller! Driven by this mystery, Mr. Batchel starts a search, blending scary experiences with historical clues, setting the scene for a series of engaging and clever stories.
The Stoneground Ghost Tales Compiled from the recollections of the Reverend Roland Batchel, Vicar of the parish.
By E. G. (Edmund Gill) Swain
In a quaint village, a reverend becomes entangled in humorous and eerie mysteries rooted in local history when a photograph reveals a ghostly presence.
Summary
About the AuthorEdmund Gill Swain was an English cleric and author. As a chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, he was a colleague and contemporary of the scholar and author M. R. James, and a regular member of the select group to whom James delivered his famous annual Christmas Eve reading of a ghost story composed specially for the occasion. Swain collaborated with James on topical skits for amateur performance in Cambridge, but he is known best for the collection of ghost stories he published in 1912, entitled The Stoneground Ghost Tales. He also wrote a history of Peterborough Cathedral.
Edmund Gill Swain was an English cleric and author. As a chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, he was a colleague and contemporary of the scholar and author M. R. James, and a regular member of the select group to whom James delivered his famous annual Christmas Eve reading of a ghost story composed specially for the occasion. Swain collaborated with James on topical skits for amateur performance in Cambridge, but he is known best for the collection of ghost stories he published in 1912, entitled The Stoneground Ghost Tales. He also wrote a history of Peterborough Cathedral.