The Amethyst Cross: A Ghost Story for Christmas [Paperback]

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 when Dorothea goes missing only days after her arrival, a haunting tale of greed and murder soon comes to light.

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Mary Fitt(1897–1959) was the pseudonym of Kathleen Freeman, a British classical scholar and prolific writer of mysteries and short stories. 

Sethis the cartoonist behind the comic-book seriesPalookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in theNew York Times Magazine,Best American Comics, andMcSweeney’s Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of theNew Yorker,The Walrus, andCanadian 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.”

Praise for Christmas Ghost Stories

“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth … [offers] chills—and charm.”
—John Williams,New York Times Book Review

"Did you know there is an old tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve? For the past several years Canadian publisher Biblioasis has revived the tradition, one thin, tiny book at a time (illustrated by minimalistic, idiosyncratic cartoonist Seth). They’ve revived ghosts by Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens and others ... What is, after all, 'A Christmas Carol' but a ghost story, handed down, every holiday?"
—Christophl_