Night fears. Hartley L.

For most readers, the name of Leslie Powls Hartley is associated with the wonderful novel “Mediator”, but few people know that he began his career as the author of lam around, some of which can be confidently called the masterpieces of British mysticism of the 20th century.

a vengeful ghost, absorbing its casualties from the inside, dinner with a deceased, a monster living on a secluded island...

the stories included in this collection belong to different directions of mysticism and horrors - traditional and surreal, serious and ironic, including the motives of fantasy and folklore “ghosts”.

However, the secret of the attractiveness of Hartley's works is quite simple: he removes the most secret fears, studies them, shows the reader, and then returns back to the world darkness.