"The Residence of Whitminster" is a short story by James Rhodes Montague. Dr. Thomas Ashton was a wealthy man and childless, and he had adopted the orphan son o
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stori
Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and pr
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stori
"A Thin Ghost and Others" is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James. It contains five stories, including "The Residence at Whitminster,"