Man-Size in Marble [short fiction] (1983)

by Edith Nesbit

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When newlyweds find the cottage of their dreams in the English countryside, they are warned that long-ago owners, two evil knights, always return on Halloween night.

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Short ghost story with a creepy and shocking ending. (

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Man-Size in Marble [short fiction]

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Man-Sized Marble [short fiction]

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1983

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When newlyweds find the cottage of their dreams in the English countryside, they are warned that long-ago owners, two evil knights, always return on Halloween night.

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