Curious Work

Coastal ghosts and buried treasure: nearby Aldeburgh (thinly disguised as Seaburgh) is the setting for A Warning to the Curious, a short story by M R James. The plot forms around the legend of three ancient crowns, buried along the coast of East Anglia as talismans for protection from invasion. A modern historian/treasure-hunter and an ancient guardian... You don’t have to look far for more stories around here, Dunwich, a thriving city that the sea took back, stories of bells tolling underwater. The contents of the Sutton Hoo burial mounds revealed in a dream. Black Shuck’s claw marks on the church door at Blythburgh. I’m drawn to the convention of the memento mori - the crown and skull are potent symbols of earthly power and the brevity of human life: remember you are dust. Alternatively: Be here now. Ghost stories with @outofhand_art on Instagram this October.