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Posted on March 21, 2022December 24, 2022

Ghost stories of M R James

"If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained." Montague Rhodes James was a British writer and scholar. While his academic work in …

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Posted on February 17, 2022March 3, 2022

Anachronism as a lifestyle

A few years ago two articles circulated among my friends and historical role-play buffs, both about a couple who chose to live like it was the late 1800s, full-time. The original article on Vox was written by Sarah A. Chrisman, one of the people involved, in which she explained why she and her husband chose …

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