The Damnations: M.R. James Short Stories

by M.R. James, Ramsey Campbell

“Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M. R. James” – Times. Special Collector's edition of the old master of the supernatural story, by the current one!Special, collectable hardcover Edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication.With his subtle sense of dread, and use modern settings M.R. James' ghost stories formed a firm foundation for the modern horror story with his presence felt in all forms of literature and media. This special, collectable edition of short stories features a new introduction by the greatest current inheritor of the Jamesian mantle, Ramsey Campbell.The Ramsey Campbell Special Editions. Campbell is the greatest inheritor of a tradition that reaches back through H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the early Gothic writers. The dark, masterful work of the painter Henry Fuseli, a friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, is used on these special editions to invoke early literary investigations into the supernatural.

256 pages, Hardcover

Published November 26, 2024

About the author

Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar & provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18) & of Eton College (1918–36). He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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Reviews

[Catherine Cavendish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just in time for Christmas - and what could be more appropriate? - this beautiful new edition featuring some of James's best known most-loved and creepiest stories takes us onto a world of ghosts, creeping unease and fear. Set in Gothic timelessness where you can almost hear the floorboards creak and smell the dust and beeswax from the old furniture, these are stories to keep you company on cold winter evenings in subdued, flickering light but beware, you never know what's behind that closed door, or hidden just out of sight, for these are the works of M.R. James. Expect the unexpected...

With an introduction from Britain's foremost horror writer, Ramsey Campbell, this beautifully produced edition has been released, along with The Invocations (Lovecraft short stories) and The Incubations (Ramsey Campbell's latest novel). Together they look amazing on any reader's bookshelf.