Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M.R. James
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (669 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0712311254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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The collection also includes a checklist of writers in the Jamesian tradition.. Jackson and "D.N.J.", and tales from more recent practitioners, including Fritz Leiber and Terry Lamsley. This collection offers some of the best stories from authors who influenced James, such as Sheridan Le Fanu and Augustus Jessopp, stories from his contemporaries, such as T.G
Indispensable for those who love ghost stories This book is well worth the purchase price, both for the first-rate stories it contains and for the extensive, annotated bibliography it includes. The stories give a comprehensive overview of the "Jamesian" ghost story, and Campbell's brief notes before each are interesting and wi. 16 stories in the tradition of M. R. James ealovitt The sixteen stories in this collection easily satisfy the criterion, "stories in the tradition of M. R. James (MRJ)" and who should know this better than the writer who selected and introduced them, Ramsey Campbell? Some of the stories such as "The Upper Berth" (1886) by F. Marion. Dark Mechanicus JSG said Hours of boredom---minutes of shrill Terror. Worth it.. Ghost tale anthologies are always a mixed bag: a few tasty, grisly chillers to spike an otherwise tepid punch bowl of lackluster stories included to plump up the book and appease the publisher. "Meddling with Ghosts" provides no exception to the rule, but British horror grandmaste