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More Ghost Stories is the title of M. R. James' second collection of ghost stories, published in 1911 (one had previously appeared in the Contemporary Review). Some later editions under the title Ghost Stories of an Antiquary contain the two collections in one volume.

Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.

Contents of the original edition

  • "A School Story"
  • "The Rose Garden"
  • "The Tractate Middoth"
  • "Casting the Runes"
  • "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"
  • "Martin's Close"
  • "Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance"

References

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  • Tuck, Donald H. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent.

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