A wonderful collection of short and shivery tales. Seven stories rich with dark atmosphere, filled with witches, ghosts, doomed love and dark secrets, pull you into a grim world where death and bizarre happenings are never far away. (Goodreads)
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist and co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.