"I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again."
— M. R. James

January 1, 1970

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Fantasy authorsHorror authorsHistorians from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge facultyShort story writers from England
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Sources

"Count Magnus", from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904); The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James (London: Edward Arnold, 1947) p. 111.