Nine Ghosts
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Richard Henry Malden (1879–1951), Vicar of Headingley, Leeds, and later, and until the end of his life, Dean of Wells Cathedral, knew M. R. James for more than thirty years, and greatly admired his friend's ghost stories. The stories in NINE GHOSTS, Malden's only collection of supernatural fiction, were intended as a tribute to James's memory. In the years that have elapsed since the book's first publication, however, Malden has emerged as more than merely an imitator of James's style, and is now regarded as one of the finest ghost story writers of the last century.
Customer Reviews
Not as good as James
I was excited going in, but each story is pretty similar (devil did a thing in the past, narrator sees the past, narrator burns something, stuff is resolved), and even the writing admits it’s not that scary. You get a bunch of fun ecclesiastical terminology, though, and the visuals and writing are occasionally inspired.