text: One of this author's narrators stumbles upon a broken device labeled with "hot" and "cold" switches and surmises that it contained strong magic.
full_question: One of this author's narrators stumbles upon a broken device labeled with "hot" and "cold" switches and surmises that it contained strong magic. That character from a short story by this author is told to avoid the "Dead Places" where ruined monuments to the god "ASHING" lie. Jack Ellyat and Clay Wingate join different armies in an (*) epic poem by this man that depicts its title character's trial in Charles Town. One of this author's title characters is told "some will call you Ichabod" in a story that includes Judge Hathorne among a set of jurors. In that story, Jabez Stone is successfully acquitted despite breaking his contract with Mr. Scratch. For 10 points, name this author of "By the Waters of Babylon", John Brown's Body, and "The Devil and Daniel Webster".
first_sentence: One of this author's narrators stumbles upon a broken device labeled with "hot" and "cold" switches and surmises that it contained strong magic.
raw_answer: Stephen Vincent Benet