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Mister Splitfoot by Helen McCloy6/3/2023 ![]() And it’s an absolutely cracking short story. My one experience with McCloy, The Goblin Market, was a disappointment, but this one was recommended by some of my fellow readers, so I thought I’d give it a try. Even more needless to say, when the door is opened, the man lies dead… After drawing lots, one member of their party spends the night, armed with a bell to ring if there are any problems. The trick goes off as planned – with the slight exception that Vanya never made it to the house…ĭr Basil Willing and his wife have been stranded at the house by a snowstorm and soon is in discussion about a haunted room – you know, one of those where anyone who stays the night ends up dead. Of course, it’s just going to be her friend Vanya hiding in the walls. She will, during a dinner party, call out and summon the devil himself – Mr Splitfoot – and he will respond by… um, knocking three times. ![]() Lucinda is planning a cunning trick to play on her family. ![]()
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