Malvern staff member Fernando is a New York Review Books Classics enthusiast, and he has an excellent recommendation for y’all…

The Haunted Looking Glass, ghost stories chosen and illustrated by Edward Gorey

This collection of twelve nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century short stories tells you everything else you need to know in the title. If you don’t think ghosts, phantasms, and apparitions are different things, I recommend you dive into this spooky, atmospheric read. The perfect gift or book to have as the Fall season slowly descends upon us.

Also recommended: Shadows of Carcosa, edited by D. Thin. Truly weird stories in the tradition of Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, and a grittier book companion for The Haunted Looking Glass.