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I searched for this thread and am glad to see it's still here. I've been on a kick of reading M.R. James lately. Whew, his stories can get under my skin despite them being over a century old. I live in an unscary Brooklyn corner apartment directly above a busy, noisy intersection yet at night will hear a creak and think, "What's that??" and curse myself for reading him right before bed. Some of those stories are really damn scary. If you want some good tales, I recommend "O, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad", "Count Magnus", "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral", "A School Story", and "Casting the Runes". "Runes" was made into the 1957 film "Curse of the Demon" aka "Night of the Demon".
I am also reading 1988's "Fear Book" by our own JB. I just started it and I am a sucker for a "people move to the suburbs and things happen" story.
Edited by Edward Aycock on 24 January 2025 at 3:45pm
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