Edward Dunning finds he is slowly being victimized by an insidious curse after declining to publish a paper on the occult by the reclusive Mr. Karswell.
Adapted for the movie The Night of the Demon.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |
|
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 85 |
| October 1924 |
|
Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 475 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 235 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 235 |
| May 1936 |
|
Histoires de fantĂ´mes anglais | Gallimard | Anthology | 263 |
| 1937 |
|
The Haunted Omnibus | Farrar & Rinehart | Anthology | 509 |
| 1937 | The Haunted Omnibus | Oxford | Anthology | 509 | |
| 1937 |
|
The Haunted Omnibus | Cassell | Anthology | 509 |
| 1939 | Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 509 | |
| August 1941 |
|
The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories | Pocket Books | Anthology | |
| 1944 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 516 |
| 1944 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |1 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 235 | |
| March 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | |
| July 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 9 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 411 | |
| 1947 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 516 |
| 1949 |
|
Voor en Na Middernacht: Zijnde Vijfendertig Spook en Griezelverhalen Alsmede Andere Fantastische Vertellingen | Elsevier | Anthology | |
| 1954 |
|
Voor en Na Middernacht | Elsevier | Anthology | 126 |
| 1955 |
|
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Pan Books | Collection | 52 |
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | ||
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 109 | |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 411 | |
| 1958 |
|
AntologĂa de cuentos de misterio y terror | Editorial Labor | Anthology | 602 |
| June 1958 |
|
12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | 133 |
| 1959 |
|
More Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 53 |
| 1959 |
|
The Haunted Looking Glass | Epstein & Carroll | Anthology | 279 |
| June 1959 |
|
25 racconti del terrore vietati alla TV | Feltrinelli | Anthology | 146 |
| 1960 |
|
Best Black Magic Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 110 |
| 1960 |
|
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 117 |
| July 1962 |
|
Tales of the Supernatural | Panther | Anthology | 107 |
| November 1962 |
|
Histoires de fantĂ´mes anglais: suivies de: Nouvelles histoires de fantĂ´mes anglais | Gallimard | Omnibus | 187 |
| 1963 |
|
Best Black Magic Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 110 |
| 1963 |
|
Meer Spookverhalen | Querido | Collection | 53 |
| 1964 |
|
12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | |10 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 235 |
| 1965 |
|
Histoires abominables | Le Livre de Poche | Anthology | 77 |
| 1966 |
|
Na Middernacht: De Beste Spookverhalen | Elsevier | Anthology | 40 |
| 1967 |
|
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 117 |
| May 1967 |
|
Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales | Dell | Anthology | 126 |
| 1968 |
|
More Tales to Tremble By | Whitman Publishing Company | Anthology | 153 |
| December 1968 |
|
Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales | Dell | Anthology | 126 |
| March 1969 |
|
Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales | Dell | Anthology | 126 |
| June 1970 |
|
25 racconti del terrore vietati alla TV | Garzanti | Anthology | 131 |
| 1971 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 411 |
| 1972 |
|
Wizards and Warlocks | Manor Books | Anthology | 91 |
| 1972 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 411 |
| 1973 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | The Folio Society | Collection | 91 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 235 |
| 1974 |
|
Horrorscope: Volumen 2 | Alfaguara | Anthology | 71 |
| July 1974 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 203 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 235 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 235 | |
| March 1975 |
|
Histoires abominables | Le Livre de Poche | Anthology | 77 |
| June 1975 |
|
Tales of the Occult | Fawcett Crest | Anthology | 161 |
| 1977 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 411 |
| June 1977 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 191 |
| August 1980 |
|
Mad Scientists | Doubleday | Anthology | 187 |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 411 | |
| November 1982 |
|
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror | Reader's Digest Association | Anthology | 180 |
| November 1982 |
|
Siffle et je viendrai... | NĂ©o | Collection | 11 |
| 1984 |
|
Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass | Avenel Books | Anthology | 279 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 138 |
| 1984 |
|
More Ghost Stories | Argo (audio) | Collection | |5 |
| 1985 |
|
Siffle et je viendrais | Euredif | Collection | |1 |
| February 1987 |
|
A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Hutchinson | Collection | 126 |
| April 1987 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 135 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| October 1987 |
|
Cinemonsters | TSR | Anthology | 68 |
| 1988 |
|
A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Arrow Books | Collection | 126 |
| May 1988 |
|
Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories | Severn House | Anthology | 169 |
| July 1988 |
|
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| December 1988 |
|
Anthology of Fear | Marshall Cavendish Partworks | Anthology | 116 |
| March 1990 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Mallard Press | Anthology | 176 |
| September 1990 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Ivy Leaf | Anthology | 176 |
| July 1991 |
|
The Horror Hall of Fame | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 204 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 128 |
| 1992 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 135 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 128 |
| January 1992 |
|
The Horror Hall of Fame | Carroll & Graf / SFBC | Anthology | 204 |
| September 1992 |
|
The Horror Hall of Fame | Robert Hale | Anthology | 204 |
| December 1992 |
|
The Horror Hall of Fame | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 204 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 235 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 130 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 495 | |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 138 |
| October 1994 |
|
The Norton Book of Ghost Stories | W. W. Norton & Company | Anthology | 107 |
| October 1994 |
|
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Bracken Books | Anthology | 295 |
| October 1994 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 495 |
| November 1994 | The Norton Book of Ghost Stories | W. W. Norton / BOMC | Anthology | 107 | |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| November 1995 |
|
Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films | Severn House | Anthology | 109 |
| 1996 |
|
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 295 |
| 1998 |
|
Classics of the Supernatural | Pan Books | Anthology | |
| May 1998 |
|
Casting the Runes | Books of Wonder | Chapbook | |
| May 1998 |
|
A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 95 |
| February 2001 |
|
The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature | North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. | Anthology | 504 |
| March 2001 |
|
The Haunted Looking Glass | New York Review of Books | Anthology | |
| August 2001 |
|
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| 2002 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | ||
| 2002 |
|
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Amereon House | Anthology | 109 |
| January 2003 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press / SFBC | Collection | ||
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 538 |
| September 2005 |
|
Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1 | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 158 |
| January 2006 |
|
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| January 2006 | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Part 2: More Ghost Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| January 2006 |
|
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| May 2006 |
|
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 273 |
| June 2006 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | LibriVox | Omnibus | |12 |
| July 2007 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| September 2007 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Collection | |
| January 2009 |
|
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 1 | LibriVox | Anthology | |3 |
| January 2009 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 135 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 179 |
| October 2010 |
|
A Boxful of Ghosts | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Omnibus | |1 |
| 2011 |
|
Szellemjárás Angliában | Delta Vision Kft. | Collection | 265 |
| February 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories | Aeterna | Collection | 31 |
| April 2011 |
|
Casting the Runes | Read Books | Chapbook | |
| October 2011 | Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 133 | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 133 |
| October 2011 |
|
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Corvus | Anthology | |
| January 2012 |
|
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 | Cemetery Dance Publications | Anthology | 179 |
| May 2012 |
|
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Tor | Anthology | 56 |
| May 2012 |
|
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Tor / SFBC | Anthology | 56 |
| May 2012 |
|
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Tor | Anthology | 56 |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| April 2013 |
|
Casting the Runes | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| August 2013 |
|
The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature | Tachyon Publications | Anthology | 543 |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2014 |
|
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult | Weiser Books | Anthology | 43 |
| October 2014 |
|
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult | Weiser Books | Anthology | |43 |
| August 2016 |
|
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1 | Festa | Collection | 204 |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Four Ghost Stories | Penn State University Press | Collection | |
| May 2017 |
|
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train | Oz Horror Con | Anthology | |3 |
| May 2017 |
|
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train | Oz Horror Con | Anthology | |3 |
| May 2017 |
|
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train | Oz Horror Con | Anthology | |3 |
| August 2017 |
|
Supernatural Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 273 |
| March 2018 |
|
Casting the Runes | Miniature Masterpieces | Chapbook | |
| April 2018 |
|
Ghosts | Vintage (UK) | Collection | |
| April 2018 |
|
Ghosts | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| April 2018 |
|
Supernatural Short Stories | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |17 |
| May 2018 |
|
The Black Magicians | Black Temple Publishing | Anthology | 20 |
| June 2018 |
|
Supernatural Short Stories | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |17 |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| December 2018 |
|
Supernatural Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |
| October 2020 |
|
More Ghost Stories | Collins | Collection | |5 |
| November 2020 |
|
M. R. James Quick Classics Collection | Collins | Collection | |10 |
| 2021 |
|
Off the Rails: Strange and Fantastic Train Tales | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 62 |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 266 |
| June 2022 |
|
The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction | Snuggly Books | Anthology | |21 |
| January 2024 |
|
Creepy Tales of the 1910s | Glowbug Publishing | Anthology | 3 |