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A review by guarinous
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James
5.0
I knew I had to request this handsome new edition of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary as soon as I saw it, even though I've read it a few times before. M.R. James was a true master of the ghost story and his characters and settings did much to move the genre beyond the stereotypical chain rattling of some of the early days. With narrators that are generally some sort of skeptical scholar forced into a strange situation through the discovery of a lost object, James was the master of the sort of slow burn horror that has now come into vogue in many of our most popular shows, cinema, and literature.
This would already be a heavyweight collection if it only had stories such as "The Mezzotint", "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book," and "Lost Hearts", but it also contains one of the definitive ghost stories in the canon, "Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad." Ergo, I can't rate this anything less than five stars.
**I was given a copy of this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to Poisoned Pen Press**
This would already be a heavyweight collection if it only had stories such as "The Mezzotint", "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book," and "Lost Hearts", but it also contains one of the definitive ghost stories in the canon, "Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad." Ergo, I can't rate this anything less than five stars.
**I was given a copy of this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to Poisoned Pen Press**