A Warning to the Curious

The first and most famous collection by M. R. James, with eight tales of scholars who disturb old books, churches and ruins. Includes "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book" and "Lost Hearts", the stories that set the rules for the English ghost story.

M. R. James

The second M. R. James collection, home to "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" and "Casting the Runes". Seven quiet, precise stories where a single careless act lets something follow you home.

M. R. James

Five later tales by M. R. James, including "The Residence at Whitminster" and "An Episode of Cathedral History". Short, dense and unsettling, perfect for one sitting late at night.

M. R. James

Algernon Blackwood's first book, ten ghost stories that open with a night spent in a house where a murder still replays itself. Atmospheric and genuinely frightening.

Algernon Blackwood

Oliver Onions' collection of psychological ghost stories, opening with "The Beckoning Fair One", often called one of the finest ghost stories in English. The haunting grows from the mind outward.

Oliver Onions