Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories
M.R. James
When we think of ghost stories, we tend to think of cub scouts cringing by a fire, s'mores at the ready, as some aging camp counselor tries to scare them witless with yet another tale from the crypt.
M.R. James had a great, and simple, formula for writing ghost stories. Establish the mundane and everyday detail (which is heightened by the Victorian academic settings), and then introduce, briefly, the supernatural, which cracks the surface of everything normal that has been so carefully established.
This IS a book of CLASSIC horror stories. They don't depend nor do they need buckets of blood slung against a wall or descriptions of disembowelments or decapitations.
"M. R. James is to the ghost story as Petrarch to the sonnet: he didn't invent the form but he perfected it and no one since has been able to write one without acknowledging the master."
Duration - 9h 51m.
Author - M.R. James.
Narrator - Sebastian Brown.
Published Date - Wednesday, 01 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Story House Audio ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
When we think of ghost stories, we tend to think of cub scouts cringing by a fire, s'mores at the ready, as some aging camp counselor tries to scare them witless with yet another tale from the crypt. M.R. James had a great, and simple, formula for writing ghost stories. Establish the mundane and everyday detail (which is heightened by the Victorian academic settings), and then introduce, briefly, the supernatural, which cracks the surface of everything normal that has been so carefully established. This IS a book of CLASSIC horror stories. They don't depend nor do they need buckets of blood slung against a wall or descriptions of disembowelments or decapitations. "M. R. James is to the ghost story as Petrarch to the sonnet: he didn't invent the form but he perfected it and no one since has been able to write one without acknowledging the master." Duration - 9h 51m. Author - M.R. James. Narrator - Sebastian Brown. Published Date - Wednesday, 01 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Story House Audio ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duración:00:00:17
Dedication
Duración:00:01:14
Canon Alberic's Scrapbook
Duración:00:33:19
Lost Hearts
Duración:00:25:32
The Mezzotint
Duración:00:28:45
The Ash Tree
Duración:00:34:20
Number 13
Duración:00:39:43
Count Magnus
Duración:00:36:12
Oh Whistle & I'll Come to You My Lad
Duración:00:51:54
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Duración:00:47:35
A School Story
Duración:00:17:52
The Rose Garden
Duración:00:27:49
The Tractate Middoth
Duración:00:42:55
Casting the Runes
Duración:00:53:19
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Duración:00:38:25
Martin's Close
Duración:00:46:28
Mr Humphrey's and His Inheritance
Duración:01:05:28
Ending Credits
Duración:00:00:27