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Ghost Stories, M. R. James horror bears the stamp of anIn this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living, and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese 'rokuro kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods.