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HauntaMAGOGraphy: The Ash-tree
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“In March 1644 [Matthew Hopkins] had some seven or eight of that horrible sect of Witches living in the Towne where he lived, a Towne in Essex called Manin[…]

Hauntography: The Mezzotint
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“See that space between the panels? That’s what comics aficionados have named “The Gutter!” And despite its unceremonious title, the […]

Hauntography: Lost Hearts
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An elderly man takes in his orphaned young cousin. It is surprising, given that the man is known as something of a recluse, a retiring academic type &#8[…]

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Hauntography: Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook
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And if you want to know why I have written this, go here.
I read a lot of so-called genre fiction, but I have never read many ghost stories. Even my brief dalliance with horror fiction tended[…]

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Hauntography: The Ghost Stories Of M R James
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Like all new Freaky Trigger series, the idea for this one came in the pub. I had been re-reading MR James’ Collected Ghost Stories and started talking about them with Mark and Rick: within moments I thought, “let’s blog it”. H[…]

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