ghosts and scholars

[incandescens]

I got distracted this evening looking at the Ghosts and Scholars website, the homepage for an MR James newsletter. There's an attached index of stories and articles, and some of them are actually linked to the webpage. While they vary in style and elegance (and possibly quality), I'm noting a couple here that I particularly liked.

The Lady of the Flowers, by Steve Duffy -- if you've ever read the Mabinogion, then you'll know what references to owls and flowers together in Wales might be linked to.

What Goes Down, by Don Tumasonis -- I've read another story of his in a different compilation, The Prospect Cards, and this one is also very good, though more Jamesian. Not exactly supernatural in the ghostly way, but a definite sense of . . . one should not break the rules or look behind the closed door.

Also this article about the Black Pilgrimage to Chorazin - interesting. Useful.

Comments

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Interesting article. I dare not read the stories, of course.

[incandescens]

I didn't think you would want to, no.

I could wish that more of the articles were online, but that's just me being selfish and entitled. :)

[jnotjane.livejournal.com]

I just read What Goes Down. Great short story with a Twilight Zone atmosphere. Thanks for posting the link to the website.

[incandescens]

A pleasure! Very glad you liked it -- so did I.