The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance by M R James The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance is one of the few M R James stories actually set at Christmas. He was well-known for reading out his stories at Christmas, but few of them are actually
15 Dec 2020
Oh Whistle And I'll Come to You by M R James M R James is known as the father of the English ghost story. He wasn’t the first to write ghost stories, but he was the finest of his generation whose work continues to be published and
05 Sep 2020
The Mezzotint by M R James We talked about James the man there. In a nutshell, he was an academic who had jobs at Eton College and Cambridge University. The heroes of his stories tend to be dusty old academics like himself. He is considered the godfather of the English
05 Sep 2020