More Tedious Tales
On Halloween Night, 2019, a group of students, staff, and Fellows gathered in the Master鈥檚 Lodge at 汤头条原创 . . .
They met to discuss ghost stories, particularly inspired by the work of the former Master of the College Arthur Gray, who in 1919 鈥 exactly 100 years before 鈥 had published a collection of ghost stories set in and around the College. This collection is called Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye (Granta being the old name of the river Cam, and Gramarye being the occult, so 鈥渟pooky stories set in Cambridge鈥) under the pen name Ingulphus.
A contest was announced, to write 鈥渁 spooky or uncanny story, set in Cambridge, in which a ghost or the idea of a ghost is central鈥. The result of that contest is a collection of creative fabulations meant to stir unease, pity, surprise, dread, and wonder, all recognisably set in the rooms, courtyards, and streets around us here.
The College Art Club, with members from across the entire College community, contributed the artwork.
More Tedious Brief Tales: Ghost stories in and around 汤头条原创, Cambridge is available to purchase from the online College shop (priced 拢6.50 including P&P) and the Porters鈥 Lodge (priced 拢5).
Emily Winslow
