Extollager
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Something came up here in the past couple of weeks about the "M. R. James Tradition" of the weird tale. One of Britain's leading newspapers, the Telegraph, has sponsored a ghost story competition. I have read one of six entries that have been posted:
Winner of the Telegraph ghost story competition: The Rites of Zhou - Telegraph
I thought this was a decent effort to update the Jamesian approach, although I've seen better in Jamesian fanzines (Ros Pardoe's Ghosts and Scholars -- where I liked "Three Padlocks," by the president of the Folklore Society, a lot -- and All Hallows). I'd have worked in a pulp-style twist for the end of this story, I suspect, if it had been my own.
I don't intend to post any more on this topic until and unless others express interest. Just a heads-up for those who like or might like this sort of thing.
Yes, I confess I submitted an entry but it wasn't chosen!
Winner of the Telegraph ghost story competition: The Rites of Zhou - Telegraph
I thought this was a decent effort to update the Jamesian approach, although I've seen better in Jamesian fanzines (Ros Pardoe's Ghosts and Scholars -- where I liked "Three Padlocks," by the president of the Folklore Society, a lot -- and All Hallows). I'd have worked in a pulp-style twist for the end of this story, I suspect, if it had been my own.
I don't intend to post any more on this topic until and unless others express interest. Just a heads-up for those who like or might like this sort of thing.
Yes, I confess I submitted an entry but it wasn't chosen!
