Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

✍ Scribed by M.R. James; David Morrell; Eric J. Guignard; Leslie S. Klinger

• Book ID: 111948163
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 3 MB
• Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781464215162

✦ Synopsis

GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY by M.R. James (Haunted Library of Horror Classics, Volume #8)
• with introduction to the book by David Morrell
• with biography, reading list, and discussion questions by series editor and author Eric J. Guignard
• with annotations by series editor and author Leslie S. Klinger
Dive into this collection of exquisite, classic horror stories—just make sure to have the lights on and the doors locked!
First published in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary contains eight of the earliest short stories of M.R. James; these eerie tales of apparitions and other supernatural horrors are now considered classics widely heralded as influential upon later authors of the strange, as well as being a turning point in the “ghost story genre.”
The classic tales in this collection include:
• 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