The haunted house [8 stories]

the long version

"In 1859, various literary luminaries - including Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins - collaborated on a serialised work concerning events in a most peculiar house. This is their tale ... When our narrator espies a deserted house from his railway carriage, he cannot resist the challenge of taking up residence in a place no one else will inhabit. Local legend has terrified the nearby villagers, who in turn convince his servants to abandon ship. Undaunted, he and his sister invite a group of friends to join them - each of whom is then commissioned to rout out the supernatural from their respective rooms. And come Twelfth Night, they will meet to recount their experiences ..."