Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

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Since 2013 Leah has been the Project Manager of the innovative, free to use, digital comics publishing and reading platform Electricomics.

The disparate artistic styles really work in the book's favour and provide a wonderful counterpoint to the imagery from prevoius illustrations and BBC adaptations. Leah Moore and John Reppion have collaborated on Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery, The Trial of Sherlock Holmes and an adaptation of H. One of the most famous compilations of ghost stories of all time, “generally taken to mark the beginning of the modern era of supernatural fiction. Disdaining gore in favour of atmosphere and suggestion, his enduring supernatural tales are masterpieces of understated horror. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.His recording of the Sherlock Holmes saga is a feat to rank with Radio 4’s complete dramatisation, and he accomplished it with dedication, erudition, panache and wit – the same qualities that both men bring to MRJ’s ghost stories.

Containing seven short horror tales by James: 'A School Story'; 'The Rose Garden'; 'The Tractate Middoth'; 'Casting the Runes'; 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral'; 'Martin's Close', and 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance. Some of his stories are regarded as the best of their genre, using more realistic, contemporary settings than his predecessors who used more Gothic clichés. A Cambridge scholar himself, James explored what happens when academics dabble in things they don’t understand and unleash forces of which they know nothing. Pages a little browned with light spotting to the first and last pages and a little creasing at the top right corner of the first few pages but otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked.His discovery of a manuscript fragment led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, in 1902, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution.

The powerful sense of evil – darkness, creepy hairy presences, cloaks, hoods, talons and tentacles – pervades these classic ghost stories by M. A school story -- The rose garden -- The tractate Middoth -- Casting the runes -- The stalls of Barchester Cathedral -- Martin's Close -- Mr. LEAH MOORE is an author, columnist, and digital comics evangelist, born in Northampton, England in 1978. But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle in a Templar ruin, or Sir Richard Fell inherits a country manor with a horrifying history, malevolent forces are unleashed.Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary was accordingly published with just the four completed works as a tribute to McBryde. Some corner wear to boards as well as wear to head and foot of spine, but the binding remains solid. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces.

James McBryde had originally intended to supply more illustrations for the work, but unfortunately died prematurely before he could complete them. An uncommon first edition, first issue, with the sixteen pages of publisher's adverts dated November 1904. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws. comprises graphic adaptations of four of James's most compelling and unsettling stories, plunging readers into a world of pervasive, creeping disquiet - a world populated by vengeful phantoms, disturbing visions and spectral works of art. We are often left at the end of these stories with the feeling that it’s not over, as in The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, where the greed for treasure drives Mr Somerton literally into the arms (or tentacles) of a supernatural creature.Canon Alberic's Scrap-book' – An antiquary discovers a scrap-book of ancient manuscripts compiled by the titular Canon Alberic in the 17th century that is in the keeping of the sacristan of a church in France that he is studying. Der Autor schafft es wirklich, unheimliche Stimmungen in seinen Geschichten zu erzeugen und aufrecht zu halten. Spine and board edges browned, ink splashes to foot of rear board, inner hinges starting, book block remaining firm, scattered foxing to contents, tide mark to fore edge of front free endpaper, a very good copy. The stories are not what most people would consider scary but they are beautifully written and atmospheric. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.