Mr. J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s name may be unfamiliar, but he was an author in 19th century Ireland. (1814-1873). He was an innovator in what was then a new genre of literature, namely the Ghost Story. He created not only plot devices, but also the tone in which the occult and bizarre are perceived and discussed. He manipulated the line between the natural and the supernatural.

Many other authors have acknowledged a debt to Mr. Le Fanu; his works helped create the Gothic Romantic tradition. Rhinos like Ghost Stories, but We do get over-excited, which is not always a pretty sight.

Try Mr. Le Fanu’s works, you may like them. At any rate, thrust your mindset back 200 years, and recall that everything began somewhere, literary Ghost and Macabre Tales being no exceptions.