Horror in the Night

The quiet rural England in the stories of E.F. Benson hides grim secrets and true horrors. At night, an empty hearse with a strange coachman arrives at the mansion's gates, a phantom car of a crashed daredevil roams the area, locals avoid the pictish fortress standing next to the village, and a painter who has fled from civilization encounters something unimaginable in an ancient forest… The mystical side of Benson's creativity is marked by variety and elegance of style. Alternating stories of encounters with ghosts, evil spirits, and other supernatural entities with satire on the most absurd misconceptions of his time, the author always masterfully holds the attention of readers and surprises with unexpected twists.