Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

by M. R. James, Leslie S. Klinger (Editor), Eric J. Guignard (Editor), David Morrell (Introduction)

Overview

Dive into this collection of exquisite, classic horror stories—just make sure to have the lights on and the doors locked!

First published in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary contains eight tales of supernatural horror by genre master M.R. James. Highly regarded as a masterwork of horror, this collection is a must-have for fans of the frightful.

The stories in this collection include: "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book," "Lost Hearts," "The Mezzotint," "The Ash-Tree." "Number 13," "Count Magnus," "Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad," and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781464215155
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	Haunted Library of Horror Classics Series
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	380,967
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar, and provost of Rhodes College and Eton College. He is known as the originator of the “antiquarian ghost story.”

LESLIE S. KLINGER is the two-time Edgar® winning editor of New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s. He has also edited two anthologies of classic mysteries and, with Laurie R. King, five anthologies of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. Klinger is the series editor of Library of Congress Crime Classics, a partnership of the Library of Congress and Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks. He is a former Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Malibu, California.