The Amethyst Cross: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

Mary Fitt, Seth (Illustrator)

$8.95

Publication Date: October 29th, 2024

Publisher:

Biblioasis

ISBN:

9781771966405

Pages:

Description

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2024.

When Margaret finds a cottage to rent in the moorlands for her visiting Aunt Dorothea, she pays no mind to its rumored dark history. But after her aunt goes missing only days after her arrival, a haunting tale of greed and murder soon comes to light.

About the Author

Mary Fitt (1897-1959) was the pseudonym of Kathleen Freeman, a British classical scholar and prolific writer of mysteries and short stories. Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic-book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeney's Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, The Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is the subject of a recent documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, Seth's Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named "Inkwell's End."