The Doll's Ghost (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2021.When the Lady Gwendolen, age six, drops her doll down a staircase, her ladyship solemnly digs her fractured companion a grave. Luckily Mr Puckler, renowned doll doctor, thinks he can help―but when his daughter Else goes missing, he’s not sure whose voice he hears calling to him in the night.

and charm.”

“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth … [offers] chills

Patton Oswalt"Each of these tiny books

“I just bought my set of these and they … are … PERFECT. I hope they do these every year.”

Christmas Past Podcast

“The great thing about each passing season is the chance to discover something new that may go on to become a new favourite. That old, and largely forgotten tradition of Christmas ghost stories is fertile ground for anyone digging for a spooky festive treat from a bygone time.”

shall I say delightful again?”

“These books are just delightful ... and the illustrations are just

Matt Galloway, CBC’s Metro Morning

“These are beautiful little books … [My family’s] been reading them at home, and we’ve actually put them away so we can re-read them on Christmas Eve.”

Peter Robb, Ottawa Citizen

“For Seth, this is really a labour of love.”

From the Back Cover

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2021.When the Lady Gwendolen, age six, drops her doll down a staircase, her ladyship solemnly digs her fractured companion a grave. Luckily Mr Puckler, renowned doll doctor, thinks he can help—but when his daughter Else goes missing, he’s not sure whose voice he hears calling to him in the night.

About the Author

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels and his classic stories of the weird and fantastic.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.”

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