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Loneanimator β Negotium Perambulans
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One of the best tales of terror Iβve ever read; an old yarn, admired by Lovecraft, written by E F Benson.Related content
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I knew it!! 
that hangs in "The Room In The Tower," for example...
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Benson had a penchant for slug elementals, apparently. They appear in two other stories, and his ghosts are often refreshingly un-ghost-like, very much in the vein of M R James. He even goes into Bigfoot/Yeti territory with "The Horror Horn."
I'll do more Benson art eventually, and The Room In the Tower seems obligatory.
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Actor Richard Crowest has an online collection of him reading E F Benson. Very good stuff!
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/tβ¦
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You're welcome; It's good stuff 
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I love this one myself. I first got it in one of those not nearly as common as they should be horror anthologies that does the classics. It lead me to buy a collection of all of Benson's horror fiction. What a great author!
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Yes, he's great. I also like some of the stories produced by his brothers.
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Since you mentioned Benson in another comment I was JUST going to suggest you think about doing "Negotium . . ."Β But you already have!Β You must be psychic.Β Or -- psycho.
On old stories:Β They're the best, anyway!Β I read a book called something like "How to Write SF, Fantasy, and Horror," and they asked several dozen writers, editors, and reviewers to list their 10 favorite horror stories . . . The authors admitted they had to change their request to 10 favorite stories published after 1940, because people were only picking stories from the turn of the century up to Lovecraft!
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Yep, this is one of my favourite horror tales ever, and I can see why that list only reached up to 1940.Β
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I always thought EF Benson was better than Lovecraft. He's in the same league as M.R James, H.H Munro, Guy Endor and William Hope Hodgson.
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Benson is certainly different from Lovecraft, and his stories are more compact. His horror fiction deserves to be better known.
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Great! i'll sure check it out(the shortstory)
reminds me of Β the game 'Penumbra'(which is higly Lovecraftian inspired, so the game is probably inspired by the story)
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The title is "Negotium Perambulans" (which roughly translates from the Latin as "the pestilence that moves in the dark"), and is written by E F Benson. Also look for Benson's "Caterpillars". Creepy as hell!
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This sort of beast is one of the most creepy and disturbing. I never liked leeches
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Try to find the story. It's old, but one of the best short horror tales written.
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But even the older stuff can be even better than from this time I should look after it
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I think it has been published in collections quite a few times.
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I absolutely recommend it, too. Be sure to read it with all the lights on...and then don't turn them off.
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So do I! For those who haven't read it I can really recommend it. Chilling ending!
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I second that recommendation. 8D
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