Count Magnus and Other Stories (the Complete Ghost Stories of an Antiquary)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781420934489 (1420934481)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Digireads.com
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Paranormal,
Literature,
Anthologies,
Horror,
Ghost Stories,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Supernatural,
Ghosts
Series: The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James (#1)
Very menacing, but not in an obvious way. The most inventive are the ones where the ordinary turns into something frightening - the bedclothes taking form, for example
This review is for Count Magnus alone (although I fully intend to read the other stories at some point).Mr. James has not been called a ghost story-writing master for no reason. He is an expert at building the atmosphere and writing a story that delivers an eerie, creepy thrill to the reader. Althou...
14 years ago
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