M. R. James (disambiguation)
"M. R. James" is composed of at least 3 distinct authors, divided by their works.
About the Author
Author Division
M. R. James (1)
Works have been aliased into M. R. James.
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey (1959) — Contributor — 748 copies, 7 reviews
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians (2002) — Contributor — 547 copies, 13 reviews
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories (2010) — Contributor — 317 copies, 39 reviews
Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age (2017) — Contributor — 262 copies, 15 reviews
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2007) — Contributor — 213 copies, 5 reviews
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night (1962) — Contributor — 191 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Contributor — 185 copies, 4 reviews
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV (1957) — Contributor — 180 copies, 7 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995) — Contributor — 174 copies, 4 reviews
The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M. R. James - Volume 1: An Audible Original Drama (2019) 107 copies, 6 reviews
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Contributor — 107 copies, 3 reviews
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Contributor — 74 copies, 1 review
Chamber of Horrors: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (1984) — Contributor — 70 copies, 1 review
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All (2014) — Contributor — 53 copies
The Moons at Your Door: An Anthology of Hallucinatory Tales (Strange Attractor Press) (2016) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review
Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others (2008) — Contributor — 46 copies, 2 reviews
Ghost Stories 36 copies
Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings: 50 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review
The Haunted Library: Tales of Cursed Books and Forbidden Shelves (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2025) — Contributor — 33 copies
Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament (2011) 33 copies
Strange Relics: Stories of Archaeology and the Supernatural, 1895-1954 (Handheld Weirds, 7) (2022) — Contributor — 31 copies
The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten: Tales of the Supernatural, Strange, and Bizarre (2016) — Contributor — 30 copies
Suffolk and Norfolk : a perambulation of the two counties with notices of their history and their ancient buildings (1987) 24 copies
The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror (2016) — Contributor — 24 copies, 2 reviews
The Dead Valley and Others: H. P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Vol. 2 (2014) — Contributor — 22 copies
Homefront Horrors: Frights Away from the Front Lines, 1914-1918 (2016) — Contributor — 16 copies, 1 review
The Second Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Ghost Stories (2013) — Contributor — 15 copies, 2 reviews
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars, and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries (1974) — Contributor — 15 copies, 1 review
The PLPR2:Whistle and the Dead Men's Eyes' (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) (2007) 14 copies, 4 reviews
The Haunted and the Haunters: Tales of Ghosts and Other Apparitions (1975) — Contributor — 12 copies
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Contributor — 12 copies, 1 review
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947) — Contributor, some editions — 10 copies, 1 review
Nineteen Ghost Stories of M. R. James to Keep You Up At Night The Complete Three Volume Collection (2009) 8 copies
Classic Ghost Stories: By Charles Dickens, M.R. James, Washington Irving, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde and more (2019) — Contributor — 7 copies
Flotsam Fantasique The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies
Ghosts in country villages : stories of mystery and the supernatural (1983) — Contributor — 6 copies
A Little Jasmine Book of M.R. James 5 copies
Henry the Sixth : a reprint of John Blacman's memoir with translation and notes by M.R. James (2012) — Translator, some editions — 5 copies
Die Hexen-Esche: 10 ernsthafte Gruselgeschichten, zum Schmökern und Vorlesen (1975) — Contributor — 3 copies
Delphi Works of M. R. James 3 copies
Bruin's Midnight Reader: Strange and Engaging Stories for the Curious (2022) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Fenstanton Witch [short story] 3 copies
The Game Of Bear 3 copies
The Unquiet Grave Short Stories 2 copies
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge 2 copies
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition (2006) — Contributor — 2 copies
Giếng Thở Than 2 copies
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge 2 copies
Es spukt nicht nur um Mitternacht 2 copies
The bestiary: 2 copies
A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the college library of Magdalene College, Cambridge 1 copy
Address at the unveiling of the roll of honour of the Cambridge Tipperary Club, July 12, 1916 1 copy
The Dublin Apocalypse 1 copy
The Apocalypse in Art 1 copy
The gospel of Thomas 1 copy
[Pamphlets] 1 copy
"Opuscula" 1 copy
Complete Ghost Stories 1 copy
The Testament of Abraham 1 copy
The sculptured bosses in the roof of the Bauchun Chapel of Our Lady of Pity in Norwich Cathedral 1 copy
Merfield House [short story] 1 copy
The London Mercury and Bookman, November 1936 — Contributor — 1 copy
Ullstein-Kriminalmagazin 1 1 copy
Twelve medieval ghost-stories — Editor, some editions — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2025 : Mahler’s Seventh : Monday 21 July {sound recording} (2025) — Original writer — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2025 : Mahler’s Seventh : Monday 21 July 2025 {programme} (2025) — Original writer — 1 copy
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 026 — Contributor — 1 copy
The Works of M. R. James 1 copy
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 22 — Contributor — 1 copy
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 072 — Contributor — 1 copy
Der Todesbote 1 copy
Great Ghost Stories — Contributor — 1 copy
(all) 1 copy
John Humphreys [short story] 1 copy
From 'A School Story' 1 copy
Het onofficiële gebedenboek 1 copy
De es 1 copy
Canon Alberic's scrap-book ; The mezzotint ; The rose garden ; The stalls of Barchester Cathedral (2011) 1 copy
"A Warning to the Curious" and Other Stories by M.R. James (Everyman Short Story Collection) (1998) 1 copy
M. R. James (2)
Works have been aliased into Marion Ray James.
M. R. James (unknown)
Common Knowledge
- Disambiguation notice
- 1) M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James 1862-1936 is the author of Collected Ghost Stories. Beyond his output of ghost stories he was a noted mediaevalist and student of early Christian apocrypha.
2) M. R. (Marion Ray) James 1940- is the author of Bowhunting Equipment & Skills.
3) M. R. James (fl.21st century) "The Halloween Curse" and "Night of the Zombie"


