Calendar of Ghosts

At Christmas, Kathryn Dark is visiting her father for the first time since her mother died. The reason? She has received a text from her mother's phone...
Thus begins a year in which we weave in and out of the lives of people who experience ghosts of one kind or another.
But ghosts aren't what we think they are.

A time-trapped forest. A haunted Tube station. Houses filled with spirits. Doppelgangers. Loss and longing, hope and hopelessness, cold love and burning anger. These are the stories from the Calendar of Ghosts...

The Ghost of Christmas Never; Radio Waves; The Shop that Sold Time; Mother’s Day; The Easter House; Spring Rain; Father’s Day; Eutierria; Bank Holiday; Summer’s Lease; Harvest; Kenilworth Dark

Entertaining and thought-provoking collection
"This is the first collection of spooky short stories from this author that I’ve read. I found them to be enjoyable with most of the stories a quick read with a satisfying ending. There is an assured music theme in some stories, in which I recognised the era and the songs, for example Radio Waves and Father’s Day. The contrasting story, Mother’s Day moved me to tears and surprised me in its rich tenderness. There are also a good round-up of stories about couples such as Easter House and Eutierra, the character dynamics of which are played to their strength in the tight context of short stories. I highly recommend this collection for anyone who is interested in compact narrative, in a narrative that is easy-to-read with endearing characterisation." (Ivy Ngeow, author of 'The American Boyfriend')

Beautifully meditative ghost stories for our time
"What a treat this was! Twelve contrasting and gripping ghost stories to take you through the year. Not that I could resist devouring all of them, once I’d read the first one. The settings are contemporary – a tube station, a music festival, a jazz bar in New Orleans – and the writing beautifully lyrical and tangential. I found it a thoughtful reflection on the nature of time and the pain of loss, rather than a series of jump scares, and all the better for that. I don’t normally believe in ghosts but I do believe in Jason Cobley's ghosts in this book". (Sue Clark, author of 'A Novel Solution')