Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James – a first-class writer of supernatural fiction – represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," and "A Vignette," as well as the title story.

Contents:

• Introduction by Michael Cox
• Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
• The Mezzotint
• Number 13
• Count Magnus
• "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
• The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
• A School Story
• The Rose Garden
• The Tractate Middoth
• Casting the Runes
• The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
• Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance
• The Diary of Mr. Poynter
• An Episode of Cathedral History
• The Uncommon Prayer Book
• A Neighbour's Landmark
• A Warning to the Curious
• Rats
• The Experiment
• The Malice of Inanimate Objects
• A Vignette
• Explanatory Notes by Michael Cox
• M. R. James on Ghost Stories