M. R. James (disambiguation)

"M. R. James" is composed of at least 3 distinct authors, divided by their works.

About the Author

Author Division

M. R. James (1)

Works have been aliased into Montague Rhodes James.

Collected Ghost Stories (1931) 2,311 copies
Thumbelina (1835) — Translator, some editions — 896 copies
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987) — Contributor — 893 copies
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contributor — 834 copies
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838) — Translator, some editions — 759 copies
The Dark Descent (1987) — Contributor — 729 copies
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (1944) — Contributor — 646 copies
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (1986) — Contributor — 548 copies
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1976) — Contributor — 525 copies
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 506 copies
The Wild Swans (1963) — Translator, some editions — 477 copies
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories (2015) — Contributor — 342 copies
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1993) — Contributor — 341 copies
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories (1923) — Editor — 333 copies
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) — Contributor — 313 copies
The Little Mermaid (1837) — Translator, some editions — 311 copies
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000) — Contributor — 298 copies
A Treasury of Short Stories (1947) — Contributor — 295 copies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night (1961) — Contributor — 263 copies
Gothic Short Stories (2002) — Contributor — 246 copies
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968) — Contributor — 235 copies
The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993) — Contributor — 205 copies
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998) — Contributor — 198 copies
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994) — Contributor — 185 copies
Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age (2017) — Contributor — 182 copies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night (1962) — Contributor — 170 copies
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995) — Contributor — 169 copies
My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000) — Contributor — 168 copies
Classic Ghost Stories (1998) — Contributor — 160 copies
Vampire Stories (1996) — Contributor — 144 copies
Ghost Stories (1991) — Contributor — 144 copies
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984) — Contributor — 143 copies
My Favorite Horror Story (2007) — Contributor — 140 copies
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984) — Contributor — 122 copies
Chilling Ghost Short Stories (2015) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror (1996) — Contributor — 118 copies
Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology (2021) — Contributor — 116 copies
Tales of Witchcraft (1991) — Contributor — 113 copies
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories (1990) — Contributor — 111 copies
Ten Great Mysteries (1959) — some editions — 107 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (2010) — Contributor — 101 copies
Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain (2020) — Contributor — 95 copies
A Thin Ghost and Others (2005) 93 copies
Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic (2019) — Contributor — 93 copies
Abbeys (1925) 87 copies
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (1997) — Contributor — 86 copies
H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales (2005) — Contributor — 84 copies
65 Great Spine Chillers (1988) — Contributor — 81 copies
Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings (2018) — Contributor — 80 copies
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contributor — 80 copies
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Contributor — 80 copies
The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time (2002) — Contributor — 79 copies
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021) — Contributor — 78 copies
Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories (1986) — Contributor — 77 copies
The Horror Hall of Fame (1991) — Contributor — 77 copies
Classic Ghost Stories (2010) — Contributor — 77 copies
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Contributor — 72 copies
Haunted House Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contributor — 72 copies
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 67 copies
Children of the Night (2007) — Author — 67 copies
The World's Greatest Horror Stories (1994) — Contributor — 66 copies
Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales (1997) — Contributor — 61 copies
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contributor — 60 copies
The Five Jars (1976) 60 copies
Ghosts of Christmas Past (2017) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Supernatural Reader (1953) — Contributor — 55 copies
Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged Classics (2005) — Contributor — 54 copies
Night of the Demon [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 54 copies
The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1967) — Contributor — 53 copies
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume 1 (2011) — Contributor — 51 copies
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 (1991) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Norton Book Of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contributor — 50 copies
Alfred Hitchcock's Fear and Trembling (1948) — Contributor — 49 copies
Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies
The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales (1967) — Contributor — 47 copies
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 47 copies
Ghosts for Christmas (1988) — Contributor — 46 copies
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contributor — 46 copies
The Third Omnibus of Crime (1935) — Contributor — 45 copies
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson (2014) — Contributor — 45 copies
Realms of Darkness (1985) — Contributor — 45 copies
The Moons at Your Door (2016) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Haunted Library: Classic Ghost Stories (2016) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Oxford Book of Historical Stories (1994) — Contributor — 41 copies
Tales from the Dead of Night (2013) — Contributor — 40 copies
Classics of the Supernatural (1995) — Contributor — 40 copies
Great English Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (2005) — Contributor — 39 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Midnight People (1968) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contributor — 38 copies
Anthology of Fear 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights (1988) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories (2010) — Contributor — 37 copies
Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories (2013) — Contributor — 35 copies
Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror (1975) — Contributor — 35 copies
The Best Ghost Stories (1919) — Contributor — 34 copies
Master Walter Map's book, De nugis curialium (Courtier's trifles) (1923) — Translator, some editions — 34 copies
The Crown [Penguin Readers] (2002) 34 copies
The Book of Ghost Stories (1979) 33 copies
Small Shadows Creep (1974) — Contributor — 33 copies
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996) — Contributor — 33 copies
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Contributor — 32 copies
Cuentos de fantasmas (1988) 32 copies
Selected Ghost Stories (1995) 31 copies
Young Ghosts (1985) — Contributor, some editions — 31 copies
Scary! 2: More Stories That Will Make You Scream (2001) — Contributor — 31 copies
Famous Stories of Code and Cipher (1965) — Contributor — 30 copies
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories (2020) — Contributor — 30 copies
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (2011) — Contributor — 29 copies
Classic Ghost Stories: Spooky Tales to Read at Christmas (2017) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Mystery Book (1934) — Contributor — 29 copies
Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth (2021) — Contributor — 29 copies
Night Shadows: Twentieth-Century Stories of the Uncanny (2001) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Best Ghost Stories (1990) — Contributor — 27 copies
Your Share of Fear (1982) — Contributor — 25 copies
Nursery Crimes (1993) — Contributor — 24 copies
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad (2008) — Contributor — 24 copies
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986) — Contributor — 24 copies
In the Shadow of Dracula (2011) — Contributor — 23 copies
Best Ghost Stories (1977) — Contributor, some editions — 23 copies
Enter at Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices (2011) — Contributor — 23 copies
Fiends and Creatures (1975) — Contributor — 22 copies
Count Magnus [short story] (2013) 22 copies
The Ash-Tree [short story] (2013) 22 copies
The Mezzotint [short story] (2013) 21 copies
Ghost Stories (1984) 20 copies
Eton and King's (1926) 18 copies
Horror by Lamplight (1993) — Contributor — 18 copies
Lost Souls Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contributor — 18 copies
Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (2006) — Contributor — 17 copies
Nightfrights (1972) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Horror Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Horror Stories (2011) — Contributor — 17 copies
Nightmare Reader: v. 2 (1973) — Contributor — 17 copies
Ghosts and Marvels (1924) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories (1947) — Contributor — 16 copies
Back from the Dead (1991) — Contributor — 16 copies
Specter! A Chrestomathy of Spookery (1982) — Contributor — 15 copies
Paha vieras (1996) 15 copies
Ghost Stories: v. 1 (BBC Audio) (2007) — Author — 15 copies
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2021) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories (1996) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Ghost's Companion (1975) — Contributor — 15 copies
A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1974) — Contributor, some editions — 14 copies
Lost Hearts [short fiction] (2010) 14 copies
Ghosts That Haunt You (1980) — Contributor — 14 copies
Mind in Chains (1970) — Contributor — 14 copies
The M.R. James Megapack (2013) 13 copies
The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts (2021) — Contributor — 12 copies
A Distant Cry: Stories from East Anglia (2002) — Contributor — 12 copies
Number 13 [short story] (1991) 12 copies
Ghost Stories, Volume 2 (2009) 12 copies
Shapes of the Supernatural (1969) — Contributor — 11 copies
CORAZONES PERDIDOS (1997) 11 copies
The Haunted and the Haunters (1975) — Contributor — 10 copies
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 10 copies
Ghosts (2018) — Author — 10 copies
The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction (2022) — Contributor — 10 copies
Beyond Midnight (1976) — Author — 10 copies
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947) — Contributor, some editions — 9 copies
Cries of Terror (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Rose Garden (2013) 9 copies
Classic Ghost Stories (1993) — Contributor — 9 copies
M Is for Monster: A Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters (2011) — Contributor — 9 copies
Brighton Shock (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Thrill of Horror: 22 Terrifying Tales (1975) — Contributor — 9 copies
A School Story (2010) 9 copies
Ghosts of the Chit-Chat (2021) 8 copies
Line Dancing: Stories from East Anglia (2003) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Haunted Dolls (1980) — Contributor — 8 copies
Klassieke griezelverhalen (1980) — Contributor — 8 copies
Enter at Your Own Risk: The End Is the Beginning (2014) — Contributor — 8 copies
Classic Ghost Stories (2001) — Contributor — 8 copies
Historias de fantasmas (1990) 7 copies
Rats [short fiction] (2010) 7 copies
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Shudders (1929) — Contributor — 7 copies
Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories (1966) — Contributor — 7 copies
When Churchyards Yawn (1963) — Contributor — 6 copies
Whistle And I'll Come To You [1968 film] (1968) — Original story — 6 copies
Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Story of a Troll-Hunt (2006) — Introduction — 6 copies
The Moth and Other Stories (1991) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Sleeping and the Dead (1963) — Contributor — 5 copies
Letters to a Friend (1956) 5 copies
Two Doctors (2010) 5 copies
M. R. James (Pt. 2) (2008) 5 copies
Kummitustarinoita (2019) 4 copies
Asimov's Ghosts (1986) — Contributor — 4 copies
GHOST STORIES PR L3 (2021) 3 copies
Bruin's Midnight Reader (2021) — Contributor, some editions — 3 copies
Short Fiction (1904) 3 copies
December Tales (2021) — Contributor — 3 copies
Stories of Haunted Inns (1983) — Contributor — 3 copies
Los cinco frascos (2014) 3 copies
The Fourth Book of Ezra: Latin Text (2017) — Introduction — 3 copies
Wigilia Pełna Duchów (2019) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1980) — Contributor — 3 copies
Die Satansschüler (1973) 2 copies
Classic British Short Stories (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies
¡Silba y acudire! (1991) 2 copies
The Nightmare Reader (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Short Stories: The Timeless Collection (Unabridged) (2007) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Ash Tree 1 copy
El Fantasma prim (1989) 1 copy
Number 13 1 copy
Four Ghost Stories (2017) 1 copy
De es 1 copy
Twelve medieval ghost-stories — Editor, some editions — 1 copy
Tales from Lectoure (2006) 1 copy
Occult Sciences (2004) 1 copy

Common Knowledge

Disambiguation notice
1) M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James 1862-1936 is the author of Collected Ghost Stories. Beyond his output of ghost stories he was a noted mediaevalist and student of early Christian apocrypha.

2) M. R. (Marion Ray) James 1940- is the author of Bowhunting Equipment & Skills.

3) M. R. James (fl.21st century) "The Halloween Curse" and "Night of the Zombie"