‘And yet this house in the square, that seemed precisely similar to its fifty ugly neighbors, was as a matter of fact entirely different – horribly different.’
Tag: ghosts
Short Story: The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James, 1913)
‘The letters which I now publish were sent to me recently by a person who knows me to be interested in ghost stories. There is no doubt about their authenticity.’
Film Review: A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009) is Disney’s verfilming van het beroemde Kerstspookverhaal van Charles Dickens.
Short Story: A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)
‘“God bless us, every one!” said Tiny Tim, the last of all.’
Short Story: The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood, 1908)
‘It is difficult to say exactly at what point fear begins, when the causes of that fear are not plainly before the eyes.’
Short Story: Lost Hearts (M.R. James, 1895)
‘Whilst the girl stood still, half smiling, with her hands clasped over her heart, the boy, a thin shape, with black hair and ragged clothing raised his arms in the air with an appearance of menace and of unappeasable hunger and longing.’
Short Story: Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad (M.R. James, 1904)
‘Quis est iste qui uenit. It ought to mean, “Who is this who is coming?” Well, the best way to find out is evidently to whistle for him.’
