This author wrote one short story in which Reuben marries Durcas and later accidentally shoots their son at the same spot that he had seen the title character die. The protagonist of another short story by this man keeps encountering a man with a face painted red and black, and is told that he can succeed in life without the help of the title relation. This author of "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux" wrote a story which ends 
This author wrote one short story in which Reuben marries Durcas and later accidentally shoots their son at the same spot that he had seen the title character die. The protagonist of another short story by this man keeps encountering a man with a face painted red and black, and is told that he can succeed in life without the help of the title relation. This author of "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux" wrote a story which ends with Giorgiana dying with the disappearance of the title imperfection. That story is titled "The Birthmark" and is part of the collection Mosses From an Old Manse. The protagonist of another of his short stories imagines witnessing his wife Faith participate in a satanic ritual. For 10 points, name this American author of "Young Goodman Brown."
This author wrote one short story in which Reuben marries Durcas and later accidentally shoots their son at the same spot that he had seen the title character die.
Nathaniel {Hawthorne}