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Illusions of Presence : Lost Christmas Ghost Stories : 21 Creative writing & creative writing guides frustratingAuthor: Mains, Johnny Christmas Published on 16 October 2025 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the British Library Gilded Nightmares' series. Hardback 188 pages 216 x 156 x 28 646g As clanging bells pierce the Winter calm, a bustling throng of spectral visitants is making its approach. The eminent anthologist and seeker of forgotten tales, Johnny Mains, has been scouring the archives of newspapers and periodicals once