Wailing Well (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
Jan 2016 · Read Books Ltd
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A group of scouts ignore the dire warnings surrounding a desolate and sinister landmark. Their exploration leads them to an ancient well steeped in local folklore and ancient dread. The warnings, however, prove terrifyingly real. As they spend longer in the unsettling atmosphere, they discover that some places belong to the past, and the dead do not rest when disturbed. The consequence of their intrusion is a chilling and inescapable encounter.
From the mind of M. R. James, the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre, comes a chilling tale of fatal curiosity.
This story is a quintessential example of James' genius for building palpable creeping dread from local legends, making it essential reading for fans of classic ghost stories and supernatural fiction, proving that disrespecting the past always carries a terrifying price.
A group of scouts ignore the dire warnings surrounding a desolate and sinister landmark. Their exploration leads them to an ancient well steeped in local folklore and ancient dread. The warnings, however, prove terrifyingly real. As they spend longer in the unsettling atmosphere, they discover th...
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M. R. James was born in Goodnestone, Kent, England on August 1, 1862. He was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. He began writing his ghost stories as an entertainment for his friends; he would read these stories each year at Christmas to his colleagues at King's College. The earliest of these tales include Canon Alberic's Scrap-book and Lost Hearts, both of which were later collected in his first anthology of supernatural fiction, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Perhaps his single greatest story is the profoundly disturbing Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (1904). He died on June 12, 1936.
M. R. James was born in Goodnestone, Kent, England on August 1, 1862. He was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English lite...
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