The Purpose Of Genocide Nightmares

In a time of genocide, our terrible nightmares of murdered children are just the brain's way of compelling us to face the world as it is right now:

"Wake up. For the sake of humanity, wake up. Stop acting as if life were still normal. Wake up!"

ChatPTSD Tells Us All About M. R. James

Hey there, ChatPTSD! What can you tell us about the great British icon of supernatural stories, M. R. James?

"M. R. James is a notable writer of mysteries, whose most famous book, GREYBEARD, was filmed as THE CHILDREN OF BRIAN ALDISS.

"James also collaborated with Truman Capote to write THE INNOCENTS, which was filmed by Luchino Visconti as L'INNOCENTE. This film starred creepy child actor Martin Balsam, who would later go on to fame in VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. His co-star in L'INNOCENTE, Deborah Kerr, was married to British bomber pilot Burt Lancaster, who would also appear in a famous Visconti epic, BORN FREE, in which Elsa Lanchester played a leopardess.

"M. R. James would later become Provost of Eaton's, a chain of Canadian department stores that specialized in antiquarian relics. No longer a mistress of mysteries, she became a ghost writer. Her most famous book, THE CASTER OF THE RUNES, was published under a pseudonym, J. G. Salinger, and went on to inspire the David Cronenberg film, RAISE HIGH THE DROWNED WORLD, CRASHERS.

"James then became a dentist on Her Majesty's buccal service, with a driver's licence to kill after dark in the parking fields -- truly, a warning to the carious."

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