The Mezzotint

Art will never be the same again. Mr. Williams collects art pieces for his museum in Cambridge. A particular item catches his undivided attention, something very innocent, or very disturbing. I’ve read a collection of M.R. James and found several hits and misses with him, but this short was absolut......more

The Mezzotint is a short story by the medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge M.R. James. M.R. James used to write a chilling atmospheric ghost story each Winter. At the end of each year, he would invite a group of colleagues and friends to his rooms at College, sit them around......more

I remember the fear and excitement I felt when I first read “The Mezzotint” more than fifty years ago. And I still experienced a thrill (though more subdued, I admit) when I re-read it—for the fifth or sixth time—earlier this month. This tale—about how a criminal act is revealed in stages by successi......more

A print curator comes across an 'interesting' picture on offer. At first it seems to be an unremarkable, amateur work - but something about it is strange: it seems to be slightly different each time it's viewed. The image may hold the clue to a terrible crime... Classically old-fashioned - and wonder......more

A wonderfully creepy short story written over a 100 years ago. When a man obtains what he thinks is a rather dull picture he soon discovers that it is something quite sinister.......more