Not every ghost story is meant to make you scream - some are meant to make you laugh.

Late one night at his club, the skeptical Clayton tells a strange tale: how he met an awkward, apologetic ghost in the corridor, and how the hapless spirit - desperate to prove itself - tried to teach him the secret hand gestures needed to pass through walls and vanish at will. What follows is a wonderfully silly, gently unsettling comedy of errors, as Clayton fumbles his way through ghostly etiquette with mixed and increasingly strange results.

H. G. Wells's The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost is a sly, witty change of pace from his famous scientific romances - proof that the master of dread could turn around and write something delightfully droll.

• A rare comic gem from the author of The War of the Worlds
• Short, sharp, and full of dry Edwardian wit
• Perfect for readers who like their ghost stories with a smile

A ghost story that will leave you chuckling, not checking under the bed.