13/06/2026
Stivinghoe Bank is a classic English ghost story by R. H. Malden, first published in his collection Nine Ghosts (1943). Malden, a close friend and contemporary of M. R. James, shared James’s love of antiquarian settings, hidden histories, and the slow, unsettling revelation of ancient evils lurking beneath the surface of everyday life.
Set against the lonely and windswept landscape of the Norfolk coast, Stivinghoe Bank explores one of the great themes of the traditional ghost story: that certain places retain memories of the past, and that some old boundaries were established for very good reasons.
Stivinghoe Bank is a classic English ghost story by R. H. Malden, f...