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Post by ropardoe on Aug 1, 2016 18:39:06 GMT
Looks like this will be the line-up for the next issue of G&S (44 pages, out in October):
New Jamesian Fiction: "By No Mortal Hand" by Daniel McGachey (a sequel to both "The Ash-Tree" and "The Fenstanton Witch"); "The Gypsy's Curse" by Carole Tyrell (a prequel to "Martin's Close").
Non-Fiction: "'Who Could Damn Hardest': A Muggletonian Influence Upon 'Casting the Runes'?" by Mark Valentine (an unexpected but feasible influence, connected to MRJ's friend Augustus Jessopp); "Ghost Walks: M.R. James and the Casual Tourist" by Scott Brewster (ways of travelling through and perceiving the haunted landscape in MRJ's stories and in contemporary tourist guides); "Haunted Images: Adapting M.R. James into Comics" by John Reppion. News (including reports on Jamesian podcasts and the 2016 Leeds M.R. James Conference) and Reviews sections.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 8, 2016 10:57:58 GMT
Looks like this will be the line-up for the next issue of G&S (44 pages, out in October): New Jamesian Fiction: "By No Mortal Hand" by Daniel McGachey (a sequel to both "The Ash-Tree" and "The Fenstanton Witch"); "The Gypsy's Curse" by Carole Tyrell (a prequel to "Martin's Close"). Non-Fiction: "'Who Could damn Hardest': A Muggletonian Influence Upon 'Casting the Runes'?" by Mark Valentine (an unexpected but feasible influence, connected to MRJ's friend Augustus Jessopp); "Ghost Walks: M.R. James and the Casual Tourist" by Scott Brewster (ways of travelling through and perceiving the haunted landscape in MRJ's stories and in contemporary tourist guides); "Haunted Images: Adapting M.R. James into Comics" by John Reppion. News (including reports on Jamesian podcasts and the 2016 Leeds M.R. James Conference) and Reviews sections. While I'm looking forward to reading "By No Mortal Hand" I'll have to re-read "The Fenstanton Witch" first. Unlike "The Ash-Tree" (which is excellent) I remember nothing about "The Fenstanton Witch" beyond its excellent title. |
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Post by ropardoe on Aug 8, 2016 11:35:11 GMT
Looks like this will be the line-up for the next issue of G&S (44 pages, out in October): New Jamesian Fiction: "By No Mortal Hand" by Daniel McGachey (a sequel to both "The Ash-Tree" and "The Fenstanton Witch"); "The Gypsy's Curse" by Carole Tyrell (a prequel to "Martin's Close"). Non-Fiction: "'Who Could damn Hardest': A Muggletonian Influence Upon 'Casting the Runes'?" by Mark Valentine (an unexpected but feasible influence, connected to MRJ's friend Augustus Jessopp); "Ghost Walks: M.R. James and the Casual Tourist" by Scott Brewster (ways of travelling through and perceiving the haunted landscape in MRJ's stories and in contemporary tourist guides); "Haunted Images: Adapting M.R. James into Comics" by John Reppion. News (including reports on Jamesian podcasts and the 2016 Leeds M.R. James Conference) and Reviews sections. While I'm looking forward to reading "By No Mortal Hand" I'll have to re-read "The Fenstanton Witch" first. Unlike "The Ash-Tree" (which is excellent) I remember nothing about "The Fenstanton Witch" beyond its excellent title. I don't think it's absolutely essential, so long as you can recall the gist of the main events in "The Fenstanton Witch" (and you can get most of those from "Stories I Have Tried to Write" even if MRJ did misremember the date of his tale there!). Dan's story is mainly a sequel to "The Ash-Tree". Knowledge of "The Fenstanton Witch" will enhance his story for the reader, but lack of knowledge won't by any means ruin it. |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 8, 2016 11:56:30 GMT
While I'm looking forward to reading "By No Mortal Hand" I'll have to re-read "The Fenstanton Witch" first. Unlike "The Ash-Tree" (which is excellent) I remember nothing about "The Fenstanton Witch" beyond its excellent title. I don't think it's absolutely essential, so long as you can recall the gist of the main events in "The Fenstanton Witch" (and you can get most of those from "Stories I Have Tried to Write" even if MRJ did misremember the date of his tale there!). Dan's story is mainly a sequel to "The Ash-Tree". Knowledge of "The Fenstanton Witch" will enhance his story for the reader, but lack of knowledge won't by any means ruin it. References to other stories are always enjoyable, like when one of David G. Rowlands' new Mr Batchel stories mentions the events of "Between Sunset and Moonrise", R.H. Malden's best story. |
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Post by ropardoe on Aug 26, 2016 9:23:40 GMT
Looks like this will be the line-up for the next issue of G&S (44 pages, out in October): New Jamesian Fiction: "By No Mortal Hand" by Daniel McGachey (a sequel to both "The Ash-Tree" and "The Fenstanton Witch"); "The Gypsy's Curse" by Carole Tyrell (a prequel to "Martin's Close"). Non-Fiction: "'Who Could damn Hardest': A Muggletonian Influence Upon 'Casting the Runes'?" by Mark Valentine (an unexpected but feasible influence, connected to MRJ's friend Augustus Jessopp); "Ghost Walks: M.R. James and the Casual Tourist" by Scott Brewster (ways of travelling through and perceiving the haunted landscape in MRJ's stories and in contemporary tourist guides); "Haunted Images: Adapting M.R. James into Comics" by John Reppion. News (including reports on Jamesian podcasts and the 2016 Leeds M.R. James Conference) and Reviews sections. It's at the printer now! |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 26, 2016 11:40:26 GMT
I can't wait. Regarding sequels to M.R. James, yesterday I re-read "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" by Barbara Roden in the anthology Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec (Edge Books, 2008). A sequel to "Casting the Runes" (which mentions a Doctor Watson), it features the good doctor, Sherlock Holmes and Flaxman Low (the psychic detective created by E. and H. Heron) investigating a haunting in the former home of the late Julian Karswell. It is the best story in the book. Barbara Roden is interviewed about a later printing of the story here: www.johnjosephadams.com/sherlock-holmes/author-interviews-2/barbara-roden-author-of-the-things-that-shall-come-upon-them/ |
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Post by ropardoe on Aug 26, 2016 15:23:31 GMT
I can't wait. Regarding sequels to M.R. James, yesterday I re-read "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" by Barbara Roden in the anthology Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec (Edge Books, 2008). A sequel to "Casting the Runes" (which mentions a Doctor Watson), it features the good doctor, Sherlock Holmes and Flaxman Low (the psychic detective created by E. and H. Heron) investigating a haunting in the former home of the late Julian Karswell. It is the best story in the book. Barbara Roden is interviewed about a later printing of the story here: www.johnjosephadams.com/sherlock-holmes/author-interviews-2/barbara-roden-author-of-the-things-that-shall-come-upon-them/That sounds like a lot of fun - I've not encountered it. But the idea that Dr Watson in "Casting the Runes" is Conan Doyle's Watson is one that's been raised from time to time over the years. Given MRJ's liking for the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's not entirely impossible that there could be something to the theory. |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 27, 2016 13:13:10 GMT
I can't wait. Regarding sequels to M.R. James, yesterday I re-read "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" by Barbara Roden in the anthology Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec (Edge Books, 2008). A sequel to "Casting the Runes" (which mentions a Doctor Watson), it features the good doctor, Sherlock Holmes and Flaxman Low (the psychic detective created by E. and H. Heron) investigating a haunting in the former home of the late Julian Karswell. It is the best story in the book. Barbara Roden is interviewed about a later printing of the story here: www.johnjosephadams.com/sherlock-holmes/author-interviews-2/barbara-roden-author-of-the-things-that-shall-come-upon-them/That sounds like a lot of fun - I've not encountered it. But the idea that Dr Watson in "Casting the Runes" is Conan Doyle's Watson is one that's been raised from time to time over the years. Given MRJ's liking for the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's not entirely impossible that there could be something to the theory. "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" successfully gives two valid solutions to the haunting of Lufford Abbey. Sherlock Holmes's solution logically debunks the supernatural while Flaxman Low's accepts the supernatural. I am aware of two other independent sequels to "Casting the Runes", David Sutton's "Return to the Runes" in More Ghosts & Scholars (1980) and Colin Pink's "The Karswell Inheritance" (originally published in Enigmatic Tales, Summer 1999), which can be downloaded from here: colinpink.co.uk/PDFs/pdfsstories/The_Karswell_Inheritance.pdfLouis Marvick's “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” in The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (2012) is a prequel (going by memory). |
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Post by ropardoe on Aug 27, 2016 15:41:35 GMT
That sounds like a lot of fun - I've not encountered it. But the idea that Dr Watson in "Casting the Runes" is Conan Doyle's Watson is one that's been raised from time to time over the years. Given MRJ's liking for the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's not entirely impossible that there could be something to the theory. "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" successfully gives two valid solutions to the haunting of Lufford Abbey. Sherlock Holmes's solution logically debunks the supernatural while Flaxman Low's accepts the supernatural. I am aware of two other independent sequels to "Casting the Runes", David Sutton's "Return to the Runes" in More Ghosts & Scholars (1980) and Colin Pink's "The Karswell Inheritance" (originally published in Enigmatic Tales, Summer 1999), which can be downloaded from here: colinpink.co.uk/PDFs/pdfsstories/The_Karswell_Inheritance.pdfLouis Marvick's “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” in The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (2012) is a prequel (going by memory). Louis Marvick's story is a sequel! But you're forgetting another very good one: Dan McGachey's "Ex Libris: Lufford" |
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Post by mrhappy on Aug 28, 2016 18:24:06 GMT
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" successfully gives two valid solutions to the haunting of Lufford Abbey. Sherlock Holmes's solution logically debunks the supernatural while Flaxman Low's accepts the supernatural. I am aware of two other independent sequels to "Casting the Runes", David Sutton's "Return to the Runes" in More Ghosts & Scholars (1980) and Colin Pink's "The Karswell Inheritance" (originally published in Enigmatic Tales, Summer 1999), which can be downloaded from here: colinpink.co.uk/PDFs/pdfsstories/The_Karswell_Inheritance.pdfLouis Marvick's “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” in The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (2012) is a prequel (going by memory). Louis Marvick's story is a sequel! But you're forgetting another very good one: Dan McGachey's "Ex Libris: Lufford" This story is one of the tales gathered in Louis Marvick's debut collection, Dissonant Intervals, which was released by Side Real Press a few months ago. One of the best single author collections I have read this year, copies are still available from the publisher at a decent price. Highly recommended! Mr. Happy |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 30, 2016 12:47:34 GMT
"The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" successfully gives two valid solutions to the haunting of Lufford Abbey. Sherlock Holmes's solution logically debunks the supernatural while Flaxman Low's accepts the supernatural. I am aware of two other independent sequels to "Casting the Runes", David Sutton's "Return to the Runes" in More Ghosts & Scholars (1980) and Colin Pink's "The Karswell Inheritance" (originally published in Enigmatic Tales, Summer 1999), which can be downloaded from here: colinpink.co.uk/PDFs/pdfsstories/The_Karswell_Inheritance.pdfLouis Marvick's “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” in The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (2012) is a prequel (going by memory). Louis Marvick's story is a sequel! But you're forgetting another very good one: Dan McGachey's "Ex Libris: Lufford" I also forgot that Julian Karswell features in Guy Adams's The Breath of God (Titan books, 2011). The novel, which teams Thomas Carnacki and John Silence with Sherlock Holmes, starts off very well but falls to bits before the end. Much is left unexplained. |
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 30, 2016 12:51:50 GMT
I also forgot that Julian Karswell features in Guy Adams's The Breath of God (Titan books, 2011). The novel, which teams Thomas Carnacki and John Silence with Sherlock Holmes, starts off very well but falls to bits before the end. Much is left unexplained. Yes, I've read that and I felt exactly the same way about it. |
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 2, 2016 20:03:39 GMT
But the idea that Dr Watson in "Casting the Runes" is Conan Doyle's Watson is one that's been raised from time to time over the years. Given MRJ's liking for the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's not entirely impossible that there could be something to the theory. I like to think MRJ put it in as a deliberate nod toward the Holmes stories. So much so that I slipped a discreet allusion to a Holmes story into 'Ex Libris: Lufford', suggesting that Karswell and Holmes and Watson at least occupied the same universe in my version of events. Though my versions of Holmes and Watson exist in the same universe as Nicolas Francken and Count Magnus and 'The King in Yellow' and 'The Mysteries of the Worm', so that might not be everyone else's idea of Holmes and Watson. |
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Post by ropardoe on Sept 9, 2016 15:13:51 GMT
Issue 30 is back from the printer. The contributors' copies have just been posted, and the rest will follow in the course of the next week or so. I haven't spotted any typos or embarrassing errors yet, but you can be sure there'll be one or two (or more!) - they always sneak through somehow..
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Post by dem bones on Sept 14, 2016 18:17:59 GMT
Rosemary Pardoe [ed] - Ghosts & Scholars M. R. James Newsletter #30 (Haunted Library, Sept. 2016)  Rosemary Pardoe Untitled Collage
Rosemary Pardoe & Rick Kennett - News
Helen Kemp - 'Haunted Studies: The Ghost Stories Of M. R. James.' A Conference Report
John Reppion - Haunted Images: Adapting M. R. James into Comics
Daniel McGachey - By No Mortal Hand
Carol Tyrell - The Gypsy's Curse
Mark Valentine - Who Could damn Hardest': A Muggletonian Influence On Casting The Runes
Scott Brewster - Ghost Walks: M. R. James and the Casual Tourist
Reviews:
Rosemary Pardoe - Fritz Leiber, The Pale Brown Thing (Swan River Press, 2016)
Peter Bell - Louis Marvick, Dissonant Intervals, (Side Real Press, 2016)
Rosemary Pardoe - Richard Whittington-Egan, The Master Ghost Hunter: A Life of Elliott O'Donnell, (Mango Books, 2016)
David Harris - C. E. Ward, Malevolent Visitants, (Sarob, 2016)
Reviews of Unwritten Books:
Ian Buntling - Shiela Hodgson, Knock, Knock, Whitminster Press, 2016Arrived today, which means it's time for an urgent rematch with Martin's Close and The Fenstanton Witch (am OK with The Ash Tree) before tackling the fiction. That's the rest of the week's reading accounted for then.
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