THE HAUNTINGS: 20 Chilling Tales of Macabre & Mystery

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M. R. James (1862-1936) redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story". He was was a medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18), and of Eton College (1918–36). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre.

Table of Contents:

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary:

Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book

Lost Hearts

The Mezzotint

The Ash-Tree

Number 13

Count Magnus

'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories:

A School Story

The Rose Garden

The Tractate Middoth

Casting the Runes

The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

Martin's Close

Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

A Thin Ghost and Others:

The Residence at Whitminster

The Diary of Mr. Poynter

An Episode of Cathedral History

The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance

Two Doctors