Ghosts from the Mist of Time (1985)

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R. Chetwynd Hayes - Ghosts From The Mist Of Time (William Kimber, 1985)

Time Check
The Wanderer
Prometheus Chained
Doppelgänger
Cold Fingers
The Echo
Shona And The Water Horse

Cold Fingers: Young archaeology student Paul Etherington takes a room at the formidable Miss Partridges at a ridiculously low rent. But, in his bed at night, when he feels the ghostly grip on his windpipe, it's all too clear to him why he's the only current paying guest and why she's insistent of feeding him up. More black sorcery jiggery pokery with ectoplasm.

Shona And The Water Horse:"I will come for you and we will dream together beneath the loch."

A man claiming to be the Water Horse of legend comes down from the moors to warn Reverend Angus Buchanan that the Devil is abroad and is heading for the village to claim the souls of the congregation. He must convince his flock to paint white crosses on their doors and shun all strangers. The Reverend wisely discards this obvious madman's advice and throws him out, but not before that worthy has made a promise to his daughter, Shona.

That night, a beggar-woman arrives at the Kirk seeking shelter ...

But for the heroine's change of name, this is the same as the Terror By Night story, Lileas And The Water Horse