The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales

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

The last collection M. R. James published, with the title story about a buried crown that must not be dug up, plus "A View from a Hill" and "The Haunted Dolls' House".

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