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The Ghost Guard
Bryan Irvine · 1923 · Horror & Gothic
At Granite River Prison, a murdered guard's old tower should be empty. When reports, songs, and a desperate lifer's terror point back to that locked post, the night watch has to decide whether duty can outlive death.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 22 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Bryan Irvine and the First Weird Tales
The Night Watch at Granite River
Asa Shores — Profile
Granite River Prison
Old Tower Number ThreeA locked tower reports after death.
Duty, Hatred and Command
Asa on Tower Number ThreeDuty and song settle over the prison wall.
The Locked Tower RingsThe report board makes the haunting official.
This edition
- Title
- The Ghost Guard
- Author
- Bryan Irvine (1885–1945)
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 46 original artworks · 22 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 6,048 words
- Reading time
- 24 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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