A gift from us this week before Halloween, the story that Olivia Laing recently called, "Scariest story ever, so horrifying that to this day I can't keep it in my house" and puts on par with stories by Bram Stoker and Stephen King. And perhaps more importantly, Edward Gorey selected it for his anthology, The Haunted Looking Glass.
Download "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James
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October 24, 2008
Casting the Runes by M.R. James
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The story is great. Thanks!
Posted by: viking | June 27, 2009 at 06:23 PM