Over the last few years I've been nurturing a growing interest in gothic literature, supernatural horror, folklore and ghost stories.
Most notably I am a fan of Jamesian ghost stories - that is, the type of ghost story in the tradition of M R James - often combining scholarly and ecclesiastical settings with horrific, perhaps diabolical, hauntings.
Aside from M R James himself, my favourite authors include Sir Andrew Caldecott, Algernon Blackwood, E. G. Swain, R. H. Malden, E. F. Benson, A. C. Benson, Arthur Gray, J. E. Preston-Muddock, Perceval Landon as well as modern authors in a similar genre, such as H. E. Bulstrode and Francis Young.
I read ghost stories for leisure and relaxation, try my hand at writing them, and often listen to podcasts and audio-only youtube channels associated with them - such as the M R James Podcast, Horrorbabble, and The Folklore Podcast.
It seems to me that the ghost story - at least, this type of ghost story, from the authors I've listed - is a distinctly Christian type of writing. They often presuppose the truth of a Christian worldview and cosmology: a world in which the soul is immortal, there are angels and demons, and where things like salvation and sacraments matter. Some of the authors I've listed were clergymen, others were laymen but active in the church - most of them as Anglicans. In their treatment of distinctly English locations, landscapes and institutions, there is something not only Christian, but also culturally Anglican, about many of these stories.
But here's the thing. Since getting interested in ghost stories in a big way (to the point that I'd say ghost stories have overtaken model railways as my primary 'hobby' or interest outside of work) a few years ago, I've been suffering from depression, anxiety, exhaustion. I've made some bad career choices (leaving a well-paid job to take a much lower paid job, in part because it appealed to my Jamesian fantasies of wanting to be an academic and a writer). My marriage has suffered - partly, but not entirely, as a result of the financial strain and the upheaval of moving.
I also - this is where it gets weird, sorry - I've had a few spooky experiences. I was convinced our old flat, where I lived when I first started really getting into ghost stories, was haunted. I could feel a cold, horrible presence in the doorway between my study and the hallway; I didn't like to be in the hallway after dark, at least not without the lights on. A few times I though
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Thank you,
A Dad.
Phil
Well, toucan play at that game.
Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
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The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
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it's Hans free now..
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10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
A buck-an-ear!
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He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
That was the punchline
Without missing a beat he asks "Daddy, do you know how much room you need to grow Fungi like that?"
I did not know.
So he tells me "as Mushroom as possible!"
So proud.
Feyonce
He was so brave and even tried to encourage us, the family around him, with his last breaths. He kept whispering to us to Be Positive.
He said, “Change the batteries in your hearing aid”.
She was pretty mad when I only picked seven up
So far no one has given me a straight answer.
Alzheimer, Grandma, it's Alzheimer.
You look for the fresh prints!
It’s a dad-ly disease.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads that get me though my day to day life, without you Dad Jokes wouldn’t mean a thing 😉
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(sorry it sucks, it's like 2:30 in the morning right now and I haven't slept)
(Edit: holy shit! I wasn't expecting this to get so many upvotes. Also thanks for the awards guys, I really appreciate it!)
I'd accidentally left my phone in Airplane mode.
Oops, wrong sub.
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