As a huge fan of The Woman in Black, I was anticipating a real treat this evening when I sat down to read Susan Hill’s latest supernatural fiction, The Small Hand. The book is beautifully designed by Peter Dyer, but what is inside is somewhat disappointing.

The Telegraph has announced a ghost story competition, with judges novelist Susan Hill, Andrew Franklin, Managing Director of Profile Books, and Lorna Bradbury, Deputy Literary Editor of The Daily Telegraph. For details of the competition as well as Susan Hill's commentary on the art of the ghost story, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8093081/Telegraph-ghost-story-writing-competition.html?utm_source=tmg&utm_medium=TD_8093081&utm_campaign=culture3010

Susan Hill has recently published The Small Hand, a sequel to her highly acclaimed The Woman in Black.  Being as great a fan of Hill's chilling tales as I am, I cannot wait for a suitably inclement Autumn afternoon to devour it.