#Mr James

[jonnywaistcoat]

Hey, was The Magnus Archives named in reference to Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute of Sexual Science in Berlin? I feel like you've addressed this before but I can't find it.

The Magnus Archives is named for my favourite M.R. James ghost story "Count Magnus". Not every historical person named Magnus is a podcast reference :p

To be fair, while I was vaguely aware of the Berlin institute I actually didn't know much about Magnus Hirschfeld himself until during TMA's run, when the excellent podcast "Bad Gays" started running. Hirschfeld isn't one of the titular bad gays, but as a lot of the early seasons are covering late 19th and early 20th century figures he comes up a lot.

[bunniboiz]

i love this little pervert. dorian has it so good, i wish he was my hot secretary

[marisashorror]

Number 13

2021

[giovannadeltoro]

mr james projecting his period cramps onto the major

[cheesymorgue]

I see myself in him. stinky and stingy

[sherbertilluminated]

Rip to Edwin Payne you would have loved M. R. James.

Not that your lifetimes didn't overlap or you can't catch up now. But if you had read "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, my Lad" we would know

[marypickfords]

Lost Hearts (Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1973)

"On the night of which I am speaking, Stephen Elliott found himself, as he thought, looking through the glazed door. The moon was shining through the window, and he was gazing at a figure which lay in the bath. His description of what he saw reminds me of what I once beheld myself in the famous vaults of St. Michan's Church in Dublin, which possess the horrid property of preserving corpses from decay for centuries. A figure inexpressibly thin and pathetic, of a dusty leaden colour, enveloped in a shroud-like garment, the thin lips crooked into a faint and dreadful smile, the hands pressed tightly over the region of the heart. As he looked upon it, a distant, almost inaudible moan seemed to issue from its lips, and the arms began to stir. The terror of the sight forced Stephen backwards, and he awoke to the fact that he was indeed standing on the cold boarded floor of the passage in the full light of the moon. With a courage which I do not think can be common among boys of his age, he went to the door of the bathroom to ascertain if the figure of his dream were really there. It was not, and he went back to bed.” — MR James, Lost Hearts, from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904).

[pagan-stitches]

Christmas Eve viewing:

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus (2022)

and

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Ash Tree (1975)

Both were based on M. R. James short stories.

I really enjoyed The Ash Tree. It was genuinely creepy.

[devilsrains]

eroica fanzines

"the eroica connection" from companions in chaos #1 (1993) by kay reynolds

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

[kristsune]

And here is the conclusion of Jonny's reading of Count Magnus.

[bunniboiz]

i was taking trash out last night and saw this yucky thing?? does anyone know what it is?? i'm so scared

[marisashorror]

Martin's Close

[giovannadeltoro]

stills from the tv anime adaptation of from eroica with love, produced by toei, which began airing in 1988, after the end of the emperor waltz arc.

commissions / ig

[diioss-art]

James, the patron saint of garbage ♡