TALES OF THE DARK GOAT O' PENN'S WOODS, NIGHT SEVEN

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MIDNIGHT!

(Eh, that was not the Ninja I was thinking of. Still - should be decent as gifts.)

Virgil Finlay Again

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was the younger brother of Arthur Christopher Benson and Robert Hugh Benson, all of whom wrote ghost stories, although Edward, who may be better known as the author of the “Mapp and Lucia” books, wrote the most. I’m not that crazy about most of his stuff, so although I hate to be going with the obvious choice… Well, it was this or The Room in the Tower. Anyway, thanks once again to Project Gutenberg Australia, here is:

E. F. Benson

Negotium Perambulans

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0605171h.html#ch18

Virgil Finlay

…because I couldn’t resist this illustration for this story. But I’m repeating myself. Edmund Blampied usually illustrated Benson but I can’t find anything interesting by the guy! Um. Here’s a Heath Robinson for variety:
HEATH ROBINSON