Carnacki “The Ghost Finder” Returns
The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder* collects the William Hope Hodgson Thomas Carnacki stories (see Wikipedia) and is suggested reading for anyone after some classic ghost stories. And now Dark Regions Press (website, Twitter) is bringing us new Carnacki stories. Written by William Meikle, Carnacki: Heaven and Hell* is available now in a Kindle edition but next month the book will be released as a hardcover. I may have to grab this one.
Dark Regions Press is proud to announce a new entry in the Ghost House Imprint, Carnacki: Heaven and Hell by William Meikle! The book will be available in two collectible hardcover formats: a leather-bound signed by both author and artist Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover with slipcase edition sporting a unique ghost house front cover stamp and a 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover edition also sporting a custom Ghost House stamp! The book will launch in December.
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Nice. I’m a big fan of the original Carnacki stories (for those who haven’t read them it’s surprising how they mix ”real” ghost stories with Scooby Doo-style ”fake” ghosts and manage to balance the two against each other.)
And on the subject of Ghost Stories, I don’t know if you’ve read them Philip but that link in the related articles mentions M.R. James. If you like ghost stories, James is the master.
@Iok – Yeah, I’ve read James and it’s very good stuff. I’ve got “Collected” and have read a few of the stories multiple times.
As for Carnacki, I’ve got two different collections of the stories on my shelf. I’d love to see IDW find an artist to create an illustrated edition like they’ve done with some other classics.
Nice. The BBC did some superb adaptations of MR James’ work as part of the Ghost Story For Christmas series in the early-to-mid 70s. For a few years it was an annual tradition and they revived it in about 2006 for a couple of years.