The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories

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Praise for Joan Aikens stories: "Wildly inventive darkly lyrical and always surprising . . . should be cherished."Publishers Weekly "Darkly whimsical stories. . . . Aiken writes with surpassing spirit and alertness her elegant restraint and dry wit never fail to leave their mark."Kirkus Reviews "Will appeal to readers of short stories and literary fiction. Highly recommended."Library Journal "Aikens pastoral meadows and circus chaos gothic grotesques and quirky romances . . . have a dream-like quality executed with a brevity and wit that is a testament to her skill as a story-teller."California Literary Review "Fantasy is combined with magic myth and adventure to form weird wonderful and immersive tales."For Books Sake Here is the whisper in the night the dog whose loyalty outlasted death the creak upstairs that half-remembered ghost story that wont let you sleep the sound that raises gooseflesh the wish youd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. Here are tales of suspense and the supernatural that will chill amuse and exhilarate. Features a new introduction by the late authors daughter Lizza Aiken. Best known for The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken (19242004) wrote over a hundred books and won the Guardian and Edgar Allan Poe awards. After her first husbands death she supported her family by copyediting at Argosy magazine and an advertising agency before turning to fiction. She went on to write for Vogue Good Housekeeping Vanity Fair Argosy Womens Own and many others. Visit her online at joanaiken.com.