M. R. James - Casting the Runes

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A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical: it will never put the reader into the position of saying to himself: "If I'm not careful, something of this kind may happen to me!"

M. R. James

Do I believe in ghosts?...I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.

M. R. James