Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. Originally published in 1904, ''Oh, Whistle, and I''ll Come to you, My Lad'' ranks amongst his best and most underrated tales. Many of the earliest ghost s...