![]() ![]() It was a rather indifferent mezzotint, and an indifferent mezzotint is, perhaps, the worst form of engraving known. When it arrives, it turns out it is a mezzotint of a house… Trusting the man’s judgement, Mr Williams asks him to send the item on approval. 978 in our accompanying catalogue, which we shall be glad to send on approval. One day he receives the new catalogue from Mr Britnell, together with an accompanying note… He often does business with a reliable dealer, Mr Britnell. Mr Williams is the curator of the art department of a university and is responsible for acquiring new items. James’s ghost story The M ezzotint in which figures mysteriously appear and disappear from an engraving.” So that seemed like the natural choice for this week’s… She confirmed that the pub in the story is indeed The Ship Inn, Blaxhall, as I had surmised, but she then went on to tell me that “At the risk of sounding pretentious, I wrote the story as a sort of homage to M.R. ![]() Last week I featured Rosy Thornton’s deliciously spooky story Mad Maudlin, and to my great pleasure she popped in to the comments afterwards. ![]()
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