The Hours After Midnight
The following Spring my father took me a tour through Italy . We remained away for more than a year . It was long before the terror of recent events subsided ; and to this hour the image of Carmilla returns to memory with ambiguous alternations -- sometimes the playful , languid , beautiful girl ; sometimes the writhing fiend I saw in the ruined church ; and often from a reverie I have started , fancying I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing room door . * * * * * Other books by J. Sheridan LeFanu The Cock and Anchor Torlogh O'Brien The House by the Churchyard Uncle Silas Checkmate Carmilla The Wyvern Mystery Guy Deverell Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery The Chronicles of Golden Friars In a Glass Darkly The Purcell Papers The Watcher and Other Weird Stories A Chronicle of Golden Friars and Other Stories Madam Growl 's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery Green Tea and Other Stories Sheridan LeFanu : The Diabolic Genius Best Ghost Stories of J.S. LeFanu The Best Horror Stories The Vampire Lovers and Other Stories Ghost Stories and Mysteries The Hours After Midnight J.S. LeFanu : Ghost Stories and Mysteries Ghost and Horror Stories Green Tea and Other Ghost Stones Carmilla and Other Classic Tales of Mystery