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M.R. James
With his subtle sense of dread and use of modern settings, M.R. James' ghost stories formed a firm foundation for the modern horror story with his presence felt in all…
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Do you believe in ghosts? Not monsters, not floating objects or unexplained coincidences, but an actual presence. This book collects Victorian ghost stories, from Charles Dickens’ The Signalman to M…
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M.R. James’ celebrated ghost stories resonate still. A towering presence in literature, TV and film, his work is much admired today. This new collection brings together many of his most…
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Dr. John Dee was an alchemist and spiritualist, as well as a very learned man. He did his best by petitions and otherwise to stimulate interest in the rescuing of…
Eight stories of the supernatural are accompanied by the original illustrations, published in the 1904 edition.
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A lavishly illustrated collector’s edition containing all the tales ever written by M.R. James, the undisputed father of the modern ghost story.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Seth’s newly illustrated version of a classic Christmas Ghost Story by horror master M.R. James.
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Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of year, but Charles Dickens and other great ghost story writers felt otherwise!
M R James
In Old Japan, people gathered to pass long, dark evenings testing one another’s nerve with the game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai. Taking turns sharing stories of the weird, the ghostly, and the…
Four spine-chilling ghost stories by M.R. James - adapted into graphic novel form
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Neglected vampire classics - including tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood and others. Selected and introduced by Richard Dalby.
“Lost Hearts’ tells of a young boy haunted by two ghostly children, and in "The Rose Garden’, terrifying forces are unleashed when the Goodmans tear down their old summer house.
M.R. James,Leah Moore,John Reppion
M. R. James’s terrifying, atmospheric ghost stories - in graphic novel form
This book explores the relationship between an Aristotelian philosophy of nature and a scientifically engaged theology of nature that cuts across interdisciplinary boundaries. It features essays by some of the…
The 41st Annual Conference on Applications of X-Ray Analysis was held August 3-7, 1992, at the Sheraton Colorado Springs Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance.
