Casting the Runes

"Casting the Runes"
Short story by M. R. James
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Horror
Publication
Publication date1911
The Abbeville church where the story's antagonist met his justice

"Casting the Runes" is a short story written by the English writer M. R. James. It was first published in 1911 as the fourth story in More Ghost Stories, which was James' second collection of ghost stories.