Five Stories High is a collection of weird tales, edited by Jonathan Oliver. They are loosely connected through a linking narrative by the editor about a house called Irongrove Lodge. They all involve weird happenings in a grand 5-story English house, though none of them are actually connected. The first is kind of a “pod people” tale, in which the protagonist starts to believe that his aunt isn’t really his aunt. In another, there are several ghosts working against each other — and the current occupants.

The book cover calls these stories “terrifying.” I wouldn’t go quite that far, but they are unsettling. Oliver has managed to gather together stories from five different authors that will make you shiver, and think twice about buying all or part of a 5-story house in England. A lot of fun.