1895
Canon Alberic's Scrap-book: (The Scrap-book of Canon Alberic) first published in National Review XXV, no. 145 (March 1895), 132-141; reprinted in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Written in 1892 or 1893; read to the Chitchat Society in Cambridge on 28 October 1893.
Lost Hearts: first published in Pall Mall Magazine VII, no. 32 (December 1895), 639-647; reprinted in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Written in 1892 or 1893; read to the Chitchat Society on 28 October 1893.
1904
The Mezzotint: first published in Ghost
Stories of an Antiquary (1904).
The Ash-tree: first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904).
Number 13: first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Written prior to Christmas 1903 when it was read at the King's College gathering. In the introduction to The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James, MRJ dates the story to 1899, but Michael Cox thinks 1900 is more likely.
Count Magnus: first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Probably written in 1901 or 1902.
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad": first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Probably written in 1903; read at the King's College Christmas gathering in 1903.
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas: first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Written in Summer 1904 to fill up the volume.
1910
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral: (The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral: Materials for a Ghost Story) first published in Contemporary Review XCVII, no. 35 (April 1910), 449-460; reprinted in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911).
1911
A School Story: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911). Written for the King's College Choir School in or before 1906.
The Rose Garden: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911).
The Tractate Middoth: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911).
Casting the Runes: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911).
Martin's Close: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911).
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance: first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911). Written in 1911 to fill up the volume.
1913
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance: first published in Cambridge Review (4 June 1913); reprinted in A Thin Ghost and Others (1919).
1914
An Episode of Cathedral History: first published in Cambridge Review (10 June 1914), 533-538; reprinted in A Thin Ghost and Others (1919). Written in May 1913.
1919
The Residence at Whitminster: first published in A Thin Ghost and Others (1919).
The Diary of Mr Poynter: first published in A Thin Ghost and Others (1919).
Two Doctors: first published in A Thin Ghost and Others (1919). Probably written in 1919 to fill up the volume.
1921
The Uncommon Prayer-book: first published in Atlantic Monthly 127, no. 6 (June 1921), 756-765; reprinted in A Warning to the Curious (1925).
1923
The Haunted Dolls' House: first published in The Empire Review XXXVIII, no. 265 (February 1923), 91-101; reprinted in A Warning to the Curious (1925). Written for Queen Mary's Dolls' House in 1922.
1924
A Neighbour's Landmark: first published in The Eton Chronic [Eton ephemeral] (17 March 1924), 4-10; reprinted in A Warning to the Curious (1925).
After Dark in the Playing Fields: first published in College Days 10 [Eton ephemeral] (28 June 1924), 311-312, 314; reprinted in The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James (1931).
There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard: first published in Snapdragon [Eton ephemeral] (6 December 1924), 4-5; reprinted in The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James (1931).
1925
A View from a Hill: first published in London Mercury XII, no. 67 (May 1925), 17-30; reprinted in A Warning to the Curious (1925).
A Warning to the Curious: first published in London Mercury XII, no. 70 (August 1925), 354-365; reprinted in A Warning to the Curious (1925).
An Evening's Entertainment: first published in A Warning to the Curious (1925). Probably written in 1925 to fill up the volume.
1928
Wailing Well: first published by Mill House Press, Stanford Dingley, 1928; reprinted in The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James (1931). Written in 1927 and first read to the Eton Boy Scouts' camp at Worbarrow Bay, Dorset, on 27 July 1927.
1929
Rats: first published in At Random [Eton ephemeral] (23 March 1929), 12-14; reprinted in Shudders (1929, ed. Cynthia Asquith); and in The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James (1931).
1931
The Experiment: (The Experiment: A New Year's Eve Ghost Story) first published in Morning Post (31 December 1931), 8d-f; first reprinted in The Thrill of Horror (1975, ed. Hugh Lamb).
1933
The Malice of Inanimate Objects: first published in The Masquerade 1 [Eton ephemeral], no. 1 (June 1933), 29-32; first reprinted in Ghosts & Scholars 6 (1984), 1-5. On the G&S web site here.
1936
A Vignette: first published in London Mercury 35 (November 1936), 18-22; first reprinted in The Sorceress in Stained Glass and Other Ghost Stories (1971, ed. Richard Dalby). Written in 1935.
1985
A Night in King's College Chapel: first published in Ghosts & Scholars 7 (1985), 1-5. Possibly written as early as 1892. On the G&S web site here.
1990
The Fenstanton Witch: first published in Ghosts & Scholars 12 (1990), 1-6; revised version on the Ghosts & Scholars web site and in The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories (2006, ed. S.T. Joshi). Possibly written around 1924 as some aspects of it slightly resemble "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard"; certainly written before 1929 when it was mentioned in "Stories I Have Tried to Write".
1993
John Humphreys (unfinished story): first published in Ghosts & Scholars 16 (1993), 1-10; revised version in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter 11 (2007), 11-20. Written at some point before "Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" in 1911.
1996
Marcilly-le-Hayer (story draft): first published in Ghosts & Scholars 22 (1996), 33-34; revised version in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter 10 (2006), 27-30. Written before 1929 when it was mentioned in "Stories I Have Tried to Write".
1999
Speaker Lenthall's Tomb (incomplete story): partial version first published in The Fenstanton Witch and Others: M.R. James in Ghosts & Scholars (1999, ed. Rosemary Pardoe), 26-28; almost complete version published in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter 7 (2005), 4-12. Written before 1900; probably in the latter half of the 1890s.
The Game of Bear (unfinished story): first published in The Fenstanton Witch and Others: M.R. James in Ghosts & Scholars (1999, ed. Rosemary Pardoe), 23-25; revised version in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter 12 (2007), 10-12.
Merfield House (unfinished story): first published in The Fenstanton Witch and Others: M.R. James in Ghosts & Scholars (1999, ed. Rosemary Pardoe), 29-31; revised version in The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter 12 (2007), 12-15.
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