High Spirits: A Collection of Ghost Stories

This collection of "spooky" stories was written for and read at the annual gaudy night each year at Massey College, where the author was master for many years. The ghost stories parody, in an affectionate manner, the usual high-flown gothic language in which most ghost stories are told. Contents: How the High Spirits Came About: A Chapter of Autobiography 1. Revelation from a Smoky Fire 2. The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees 3. The Great Queen is Amused 4. The Night of the Three Kings 5. The Charlottetown Banquet 6. When Satan Goes Home for Christmas 7. Refuge of Insulted Saints 8. Dickens Digested 9. The Kiss of Khrushchev 10. The Cat That Went to Trinity 11. The Ugly Spectre of Sexism 12. The Pit Whence Ye Are Digged 13. The Perils of the Double Sign 14. Conversations With the Little Table 15. The King Enjoys His Own Again 16. The Xerox in the Lost Room 17. Einstein and the Little Lord 18. Offer of Immortality