<P>E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as <I>The Railway Children</I> the “Psammead” series. and the stories of the “Bastable” family. <P>She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural and the macabre. <I>The Haunted House</I> is one of her most weird with it's theme of vampirism.<P>Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready