Ghost Stories, and A Quiet Place

Ghost Stories… That’s the one with Martin Freeman, and Jeremy Dyson co-wrote the screenplay, right? I very much want to see that as well. I’d love to see the play, but it hasn’t yet come here to the States.

By the way, Dyson wrote a great ghost-story collection, The Haunted Book. It aims for Aickman-esque ‘strange-stories’ (not horror), and, though it’s not as successful as Aickman, it’s quite good. “The Diary of Ramon Huld” (which could and should have been longer), the ingeniously plotted and heartwarming “An Encounter by Water” (possibly inspired by Russell Kirk’s “An Encounter by Mortstone Pond”?—I think so, as even the titles are nearly identical), and especially the most Aickman-esque tale, “The Pleasure Park,” are some of the best modern ghost stories I’ve read.