Ten Favorite Short Stories About Ghosts
(by request, and arranged alphabetically by author)
“The Difficulty of Getting Through to You” by Ren Arcamone
“From the Fifteenth District” by Mavis Gallant
“The Torturer’s Wife” by Thomas Glave
“Ratatoskr” by Kij Johnson
“Spirit Level” by John Kessel
“Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link
“The Ghost Birds” by Karen Russell
“Ghost Story” by Ethan Rutherford
“A Visit from Mother” and “Daddy” by Walter Tevis *
“Treading the Maze” by Lisa Tuttle
* paired stories, which feel most complete when read together
— November 15, 2023