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Post by ropardoe on May 19, 2016 9:09:16 GMT
I'm pleased to see that ace MRJ fan Hugh Walpole (he was the one who bought the manuscript of "Oh, Whistle" at the auction of MRJ's effects) chose to reprint "Mr Humphreys". I think that's one of the very best of all MRJ's tales (its marked flaws only serve to make it even better!), though I know opinions differ on this. Why has there never been (unless, of course, you or a resident of the Vault know better) a collection of supernatural maze stories? There are some great stories which could be included? Just remembered another maze story which I don't think has been mentioned yet: Robert Aickman's "Rosamund's Bower". I'm not the hugest of Aickman fans, but I love the sheer strangeness of that tale.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 23, 2016 12:28:59 GMT
I'm pleased to see that ace MRJ fan Hugh Walpole (he was the one who bought the manuscript of "Oh, Whistle" at the auction of MRJ's effects) chose to reprint "Mr Humphreys". I think that's one of the very best of all MRJ's tales (its marked flaws only serve to make it even better!), though I know opinions differ on this. Why has there never been (unless, of course, you or a resident of the Vault know better) a collection of supernatural maze stories? There are some great stories which could be included? Just remembered another maze story which I don't think has been mentioned yet: Robert Aickman's "Rosamund's Bower". I'm not the hugest of Aickman fans, but I love the sheer strangeness of that tale. The MRJ anthology appearances keep on coming. After Dark In The Playing FieldsRobert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.) - 100 Creepy Little Creatures (Barnes & Noble, 1994) RatsStefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.) - 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (Barnes & Noble, 1993)
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Post by ropardoe on Oct 24, 2016 11:32:10 GMT
Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror - a new book edited by Wayne Adrian Drew (who wrote a recent play about the relationship between M.R. James and the McBrydes) for Indiebooks - includes three MRJ stories. They're "A Warning to the Curious", "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You" and "The Fenstanton Witch" (the only one of MRJ's complete supernatural tales to be still in copyright, by the way) . Other stories in the book are by the likes of Malden (three), Swain, EF Benson, Arthur Gray, Wakefield and Campbell. It's not entirely a Jamesian collection as other tales are by non-Jamesians, but it's quite a useful sampler volume - to introduce newcomers to be field maybe.
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Post by ropardoe on Oct 24, 2016 11:33:06 GMT
Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror - a new book edited by Wayne Adrian Drew (who wrote a recent play about the relationship between M.R. James and the McBrydes) for Indiebooks - includes three MRJ stories. They're "A Warning to the Curious", "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You" and "The Fenstanton Witch" (the only one of MRJ's complete supernatural tales to be still in copyright, by the way) . Other stories in the book are by the likes of Malden (three), Swain, EF Benson, Arthur Gray, Wakefield and Campbell. It's not entirely a Jamesian collection as other tales are by non-Jamesians, but it's quite a useful sampler volume - to introduce newcomers to be field maybe. "to the field"... Good grief!
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 24, 2016 12:02:59 GMT
I was just checking Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror on Amazon to see if I could look inside it for all of the contents. I can't do that yet. However, here's the cover:
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Post by ropardoe on Oct 24, 2016 15:15:10 GMT
I was just checking Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror on Amazon to see if I could look inside it for all of the contents. I can't do that yet. However, here's the cover: "Between Sunset and Moonrise", R. H. Malden "Hetty Pegler's Christmas", Celia Dale
"The Lantern Men",
James Humphreys "Witches at Halloween", W.H. Barrett "The Fenstanton Witch",
M.R. James "Shadows on the Fens
", Wayne Adrian Drew "A Warning to the Curious", M.R. James "Stivinghoe Bank
", R.H. Malden "The Bure at Night
", Gladys Mitchell "The Headless Hound", R.H. Mottram
"Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad", M.R. James "Black Shuck the Devil's Dog", Piers Warren
"A Strange and Terrible Wunder", Abraham Fleming "The Everlasting Club", Ingulphus (Arthur Gray)
"Lot 629
", Noel Boston "Bone to his Bone", E.G. Swain
"A Collector’s Company
", R.H. Malden "The Tale of an Empty House
", E.F. Benson "The 17th Hole at Duncaster
", H.R. Wakefield "The Face", E.F. Benson
"The Guide", Ramsey Campbell
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 26, 2016 12:08:39 GMT
Rosemary, thanks for the information. Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror looks like a good solid anthology. While I already have most of the stories I might get a copy.
Isn't Essex in East Anglia? I would have included H.R. Wakefield's "The First Sheaf", which you mentioned in your introduction to A Graven Image & Other Essex Ghost Tales (Haunted Library, 1985), which has its own thread.
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Post by ropardoe on Oct 26, 2016 16:54:19 GMT
Rosemary, thanks for the information. Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror looks like a good solid anthology. While I already have most of the stories I might get a copy. Isn't Essex in East Anglia? I would have included H.R. Wakefield's "The First Sheaf", which you mentioned in your introduction to A Graven Image & Other Essex Ghost Tales (Haunted Library, 1985), which has its own thread. I would certainly say that Essex is in East Anglia. I suspect it's only those people who judge that much-maligned and rather wonderful county by what they see on TOWIE would disagree. And judging it that way is as stupid as judging Cheshire by Footballers' Wives!
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 27, 2016 12:24:10 GMT
Rosemary, thanks for the information. Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror looks like a good solid anthology. While I already have most of the stories I might get a copy. Isn't Essex in East Anglia? I would have included H.R. Wakefield's "The First Sheaf", which you mentioned in your introduction to A Graven Image & Other Essex Ghost Tales (Haunted Library, 1985), which has its own thread. I would certainly say that Essex is in East Anglia. I suspect it's only those people who judge that much-maligned and rather wonderful county by what they see on TOWIE would disagree. And judging it that way is as stupid as judging Cheshire by Footballers' Wives! I thought Footballers' Wives was a documentary.
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Post by ropardoe on Oct 27, 2016 15:37:14 GMT
I would certainly say that Essex is in East Anglia. I suspect it's only those people who judge that much-maligned and rather wonderful county by what they see on TOWIE would disagree. And judging it that way is as stupid as judging Cheshire by Footballers' Wives! I thought Footballers' Wives was a documentary. I should have said Real Housewives of Cheshire, but it's the same thing really! It's the same as people who judge Chester by Hollyoaks, which isn't even filmed here (and has not a single local accent, the excuse being supposedly that there isn't one - believe me, there is!). Now, admittedly we're getting a bit off subject here, but I suspect Hollyoaks can be pretty horrific at times! (I watched the first episode - where there was at least one Chester-filmed scene - and lost the will to live.)
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 28, 2016 11:37:20 GMT
I thought Footballers' Wives was a documentary. I should have said Real Housewives of Cheshire, but it's the same thing really! It's the same as people who judge Chester by Hollyoaks, which isn't even filmed here (and has not a single local accent, the excuse being supposedly that there isn't one - believe me, there is!). Now, admittedly we're getting a bit off subject here, but I suspect Hollyoaks can be pretty horrific at times! (I watched the first episode - where there was at least one Chester-filmed scene - and lost the will to live.) I can't understand how anyone watches such obviously crass programmes like those named. I'm not worried about offending such viewers. They can't read!
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