Sarob Press Release (link to Sarob is over to the right)
For September 2012 Sarob Press is hugely delighted to present a collection of truly
Jamesian ghost stories. These twelve stories are the winners in The Ghosts & Scholars
M.R. James Newsletter prequel/sequel competition. All are previously unpublished except
“Quis est Iste?”which appeared earlier this year in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James
Newsletter as the overall competition winner.
This volume is an absolute MUST for all Jamesian admirers and collectors.
Stories (and their M.R. James inspirations): “Alberic de Mauléon” by Helen Grant
(“Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book”); “Anningley Hall, Early Morning” by Rick Kennett
(“The Mezzotint”); “The Mezzotaint” by John Llewellyn Probert (“The Mezzotint”);
“Quis est Iste?” by Christopher Harman (“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”);
“The Guardian” by Jacqueline Simpson (“The Treasure of Abbot Thomas”); “Between
Four Yews” by Reggie Oliver (“A School Story”); “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” by
Louis Marvick (“Casting the Runes”); “Fire Companions” by Mark Valentine (“Two
Doctors”); “Of Three Girls and of Their Talk” by Derek John (“Wailing Well”); “The
Gift” by C.E. Ward (“The Experiment”); “Malice” by David A. Sutton (“The Malice of
Inanimate Objects”); “Glamour of Madness” by Peter Bell (“A Vignette”).
Edited & Introduced by Rosemary Pardoe. Includes “Notes on the Authors”.
Limited Edition Numbered Hardcover.
Printed Boards. Cream Bookwove. Coloured Endpapers.
News got out early and we already (unsurprisingly) have a healthy amount of interest in
this book, so we suggest you order your copy early as we fully expect this volume to sell
out very very quickly indeed.
Jamesian ghost stories. These twelve stories are the winners in The Ghosts & Scholars
M.R. James Newsletter prequel/sequel competition. All are previously unpublished except
“Quis est Iste?”which appeared earlier this year in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James
Newsletter as the overall competition winner.
This volume is an absolute MUST for all Jamesian admirers and collectors.
Stories (and their M.R. James inspirations): “Alberic de Mauléon” by Helen Grant
(“Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book”); “Anningley Hall, Early Morning” by Rick Kennett
(“The Mezzotint”); “The Mezzotaint” by John Llewellyn Probert (“The Mezzotint”);
“Quis est Iste?” by Christopher Harman (“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”);
“The Guardian” by Jacqueline Simpson (“The Treasure of Abbot Thomas”); “Between
Four Yews” by Reggie Oliver (“A School Story”); “The Mirror of Don Ferrante” by
Louis Marvick (“Casting the Runes”); “Fire Companions” by Mark Valentine (“Two
Doctors”); “Of Three Girls and of Their Talk” by Derek John (“Wailing Well”); “The
Gift” by C.E. Ward (“The Experiment”); “Malice” by David A. Sutton (“The Malice of
Inanimate Objects”); “Glamour of Madness” by Peter Bell (“A Vignette”).
Edited & Introduced by Rosemary Pardoe. Includes “Notes on the Authors”.
Limited Edition Numbered Hardcover.
Printed Boards. Cream Bookwove. Coloured Endpapers.
News got out early and we already (unsurprisingly) have a healthy amount of interest in
this book, so we suggest you order your copy early as we fully expect this volume to sell
out very very quickly indeed.
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