The Haunted Library: Classic Tales of Cursed Tomes (Tales of the Weird) [Kirk, Tanya]

Author: Tanya Kirk

A manuscript on loan brings ruin to its reader. A mysterious volume lures its owner toward darkness.

Welcome to The Haunted Library, a chilling collection of cursed tales steeped in arcane knowledge and the lingering psychic traces that haunt the stacks of libraries, museums, and other repositories of hidden learning.

First published by the British Library in 2016, this expanded edition includes several additional stories and a newly updated introduction by Tanya Kirk, now librarian at St John's College, Cambridge, and firmly immersed in the tradition of Jamesian ghostly terrors.

Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780712355292

About the Author

Tanya Kirk is a librarian at St John's College, Cambridge, and formerly served as a curator of the Western Heritage collections at the British Library, where she was Lead Curator for the period 1601-1900. She co-curated the exhibition Terror & Wonder: The Gothic Imagination and has edited numerous volumes in the British Library's Tales of the Weird series, including Haunters at the Hearth, Sunless Solstice, Chill Tidings, and Spirits of the Season.