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M. R. James

Books

Dissecting The Dark Descent

Subversion in Superstition: “The Ash Tree” by M.R. James

By Sam Reader

June 20, 2023

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Horror

Night of the Demon: M.R. James Reinterpreted as a Classic ’50s Horror Film

By Matthew Keeley

November 2, 2018

Books

TBR Stack

[Spooky Ghost Noises]: Collected Ghost Stories by M. R. James

By Leah Schnelbach

January 24, 2018

Books

H.P. Lovecraft

How Not to Handle Rejection Letters: M.R. James’s “Casting the Runes”

By Ruthanna Emrys, Anne M. Pillsworth

June 21, 2017

Books

H.P. Lovecraft

Not the Immortal Count You’re Thinking Of: M.R. James’s “Count Magnus”

By Anne M. Pillsworth, Ruthanna Emrys

November 17, 2015

Blog

Haunted Holidays: The Men Who Feared Women

By Grady Hendrix

December 26, 2013

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book reviews

The Sound of Silence: The Silence of Ghosts by Jonathan Aycliffe

By Niall Alexander

October 18, 2013

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Ann Radcliffe

Told In The Dark: Ghost Stories

By Helen Stringer

October 30, 2009

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