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M.R. James

Billy and Amanda Walker aren't too sure about the new shop that just opened up in their small town of Boo, Pennsylvania. They're even more unsure of the shop's owner. A tall, spooky looking man who goes by the name of Mr. Night.When pumpkins mysteriously begin attacking people and children go missing, Billy and Amanda are positive it's tied to Mr. Night and his new antique bookstore that's filled with strange spell books and spiders. Unfortunately, no one will believe them....

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M.R James

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Tim Zengerink

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The Library of Alexandria

What if a single scrap of parchment could sentence you to death-unless you passed it to another soul first?First printed in 1911, Casting the Runes remains the quintessential story of malignant scholarship and occult revenge. This expanded modern edition preserves M. R. James's deliciously restrained prose while clarifying Edwardian idioms, letting every reader feel the slow, surgical tightening of the curse. Dive deep into a narrative that inspired films like Night ...

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M.R James

Translated by

Tim Zengerink

Book 312 -

The Library of Alexandria

What if the home that rescued you was already digging your grave?Lost Hearts remains one of M. R. James's most unsettling masterpieces-an exquisitely crafted ghost story in which scholarly curiosity crosses the line into occult horror. This definitive modern edition preserves James's atmospheric dread while refreshing archaic phrasing, allowing contemporary readers to feel every creak of floorboards and hear every unearthly flute note as if standing beside Stephen himsel...

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M.R James

Translated by

Tim Zengerink

Book 266 -

The Library of Alexandria

What if the shadows around you were alive?In More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, M.R. James invites readers back into his mesmerizing world of supernatural suspense. Within these pages, you'll find chilling narratives of spectral vengeance, cursed relics, and haunting manifestations, each crafted with an uncanny ability to unsettle and enthrall.Follow characters as they inadvertently awaken malevolent entities, uncover sinister secrets from ancie...

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M.R James

Translated by

Tim Zengerink

Book 320 -

The Library of Alexandria

What if a room that doesn't exist could still reach out and haunt you?M.R. James' Number 13 remains one of the most influential ghost stories in supernatural literature. In this eerie narrative, a British academic travels to a remote Danish town to study church records-only to find his hotel riddled with a growing, invisible horror. Room numbers change. Walls expand. And late at night, dancing shadows and chanting voices seep through the plaster. Though the hotel insists...

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M.R. James, David Stuart Davies

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Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural

M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror.As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R. James, ‘Stories I Have Tried To Write’, which accompanies these thirty tales. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll come to you, My Lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ...

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M.R James

Translated by

Tim Zengerink

Book 318 -

The Library of Alexandria

What if a toy could replay the terrors of the dead?Step into the eerie world of M.R. James with The Haunted Dolls' House-a classic ghost story where the past bleeds into the present through a deceptively innocent object. When a collector purchases a dolls' house from a mysterious dealer, he unknowingly invites into his home a series of nightly horrors. The dolls within act out a scene of illness, death, and silent grief-again and again.Is it just imagination? Or ...

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Mr James Runcie

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Grantchester

The first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective.Now on NetflixIt is 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassur...

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Mr James Runcie

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Grantchester

The complete collection of the beloved Grantchester Mysteries series--the inspiration for the PBS Masterpiece TV Show starring James Norton.Now on NetflixAfter fighting in World War II and hearing the call to the priesthood, Sidney Chambers begins his career as a full-time priest and part-time detective in the English countryside in 1953. Over the course of the two decades and six books that follow, he finds himself investigating all life's...

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M.R. James

Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English medieval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic cliches of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to ...

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M.R. James, Lafcadio Hearn

"The Second Ghost Story Megapack" selects 25 more choice haunts for your reading pleasure. Included this time are:THE SIGNAL-MAN, by Charles DickensTHE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL, by Lafcadio HearnPRESENT AT A HANGING, by Ambrose BierceCANON ALBERIC’S SCRAP-BOOK by M. R. JamesTHE MASS OF SHADOWS, by Anatole FranceTHE SILENT WTHE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR, by E.F. BensonTHE THING AT NOLAN, by Ambrose BierceTHE PHANTOM ’RICKSHAW, by Rudyard Kip...

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Mr. James Kreiling

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Short Guides to the Piano Repertoire

Scriabin: pianist, thinker, symbolist, radical, romantic, and often misunderstood composer – immerse yourself in his mystical world and develop an informed interpretation of his piano works.Among pianists, the popularity of a handful of his youthful works – from preludes and etudes to sonatas – contrasts starkly with a general ambivalence, verging on animosity, toward his notorious later style. James Kreiling sets out not only to inform and advise but also to persu...