The cozy villages of provincial England in the stories of E. F. Benson keep their terrible secrets. Here, the ghosts of former estate owners do not want to part with their property, and the spirits of deceased husbands continue to harass their wives even from the next world. Here, an ancient well fulfills the desires of the petitioners, and in the forest nearby, an ancient evil lurks, dreaming of destroying the blissful rural pastoral. On the pages of this collection, the reader will find mystical stories about witchcraft and superstition, about encounters with the unknown and otherworldly. E. F. Benson will masterfully be able to hold the reader's attention and surprise with an unexpected ending. . Edward Frederick Benson is a famous British writer whose work combines mystical stories, satirical novels and biographies of Charlotte Bronte and other prominent people. — The Wishing Well is a horror classic. For fans of Algernon Blackwood, Montague Rod James, Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Arthur Maken. — The Well of Desires is a collection of selected mystical stories about witchcraft and superstition, about encounters with the unknown and otherworldly.