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The Ash-Tree
M. R. James · 1904short story
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"The Ash-tree" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his 1904 book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, and also collected again in his 1931 book The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James. It concerns mysterious deaths relating to an ash tree. It has been adapted many times, including a 1963 episode of KPFA/KPFK's The Black Mass, a 1975 episode of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas, a 1986 episode of BBC2's Classic Ghost Stories series, and a 2000 episode of BBC Scotland's series Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories For Christmas.
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Placement
- contained in A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in Best Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in Complete Ghost Storiescollection
- contained in Count Magnus and Other Ghost Storiescollection
- contained in Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of the World Fantasy Convention 2013anthology
- contained in Ghostscollection
- contained in Ghost Storiescollection
- contained in Ghost Stories of an Antiquarycollection
- contained in Ghost Stories of an Antiquaryomnibus
- contained in Ghost Stories: Volume Onecollection
- contained in Great Ghost Storiesanthology
- contained in Terrifying Ghosts Short Storiesanthology
- contained in The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in The Dark of the Soulanthology
- contained in The Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Storiesanthology
- contained in The Wordsworth Book of Horror Storiesanthology