Ghost story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the disappearance of a woman who steals her neighbour's property by removing a cursed landmark.
A School Story
Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1911, about the mysterious disappearance of a school teacher.
A Thin Ghost and Others
Collection of five short stories by the English medievalist and author M. R. James, first published in 1919.
A Vignette
Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1936, about a semi-autobiographical episode in James's early life.
A Warning to the Curious
Horror story by M. R. James first published in 1925, about the events following the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon crown.
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories
Collection of six short stories by the English medievalist and author M. R. James, first published in 1925.
Athenodoros and the ghost
Athenenodorus (c. 74 BCE – 7 AD) was a Stoic philosopher and the subject of the first recorded ghost story.
Martin’s Close
Ghost story by the English medievalist and author M. R. James, first published in 1911. It centres on the trial of the local squire about 200 years earlier, accused of murdering a young woman who several witnesses claimed to have seen after her death.
Mother Haggy
Witch of St. Albans, best-known for her salve to restore the hymen.
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance
Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1911, about a strange maze and temple on a recently inherited estate in Wiltshire.