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An ancient relic found on the Suffolk coast summons a nightmarish entity to its discoverer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA land of mind-stretching expanses, wide, yawning skies and the disorientating landscapes of the tidal fens, East Anglia has inspired a wide range of writers in the field of weird and uncanny fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new collection, \u003cem\u003eEerie East Anglia\u003c\/em\u003e, includes a wealth of tales from the past 130 years set in Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk and Cambridge by a host of authors including ghost tale luminaries M. R. James, Robert Aickman, E. F. 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