And the best writer of ghost stories, the acknowledged master, was M.R. James. In Casting the Runes, we have twenty-one tales that, in Chabon's words, venture to the limits of the human capacity /5(6). “Casting the Runes” is one of M. R. James better known stories. It is often grouped together with his ghost stories, though there is no ghost in this one. The villain is an all-too-human knock off of Alastair Crowley bent on revenge for a petty academic slight/5. Because of that, I would call them more vignettes than stories. Exceptions: Casting the Runes, A Warning to the Curious, The Mezzotint It's interesting that the Appendix gives M.R. James's opinion on the technique of writing ghost stories his and others', and, yes, the theory is perfect /5().
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