The Watcher, and Other Weird Stories

Something passes Captain Barton in the dark—and he thinks he hears it whisper, “Still alive!”

In Dublin in 1794, Captain Barton seems to have everything settled: a respectable name, a comfortable life, and a promising courtship with the lively Miss Montague. Reserved and rational, he mocks belief in the supernatural—until a late-night walk home through half-built streets makes the darkness feel less empty than it should. Le Fanu’s collection gathers six tales in which old secrets and uncanny forces press against the rules of polite society, turning ordinary lives into uneasy mysteries. What is following Barton, and why does it seem to know him?

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