![]() ![]() The James tradition is still alive, as has been seen in recent years in the 'zines Ghosts and Scholars and All Hallows, the publications of the Ash-Tree Press, or even in my own 2017 collection, Lady Stanhope's Manuscript and Other Stories.Ĭollections of Jamesian stories often cited include Munby, Rolt, and others, discussed here: The story is not a Cthulhu Mythos story Lovecraft's use of Jamesian materials is too distinctively his own to be considered Jamesian James's stories don't evoke "cosmic horror."Ī story in the Jamesian mode probably suggests a certain detachment, rather than the breathlessness of pulp fiction. Jamesian stories are relatively "literary." The emphasis is on the development of eerie suspense probably there's little or no gore, etc. James tradition, but here's a place to talk about them.įor a rough definition: I'd say that a story in the James tradition should have an element of scholarship, historical record, or folkloric interest as well as the element of supernatural fear. I don't know how much exploration has been made, by Chrons people, of ghost stories in the M. ![]()
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