The Doll

[rich]

she's wonderful. highly recommend her stuff--don't look now, the birds
a new anthology of stories is in the works including this new story

a similar author by from a male perspective is Robert Aickman who
wrote these strange stories--much more than the traditional British
ghost stories (Le Fanu, MR James, and that lot great as they
are)--psychological horrors well written. much of his work is out of
print unfortunately

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8336568/Lost-Daphne-du-Maurier-story-found-after-70-years.html
>
> A “macabre” short story written by Daphne du Maurier and lost for more
> than 70 years has been unearthed by an enthusiast.  The Doll, billed
> as “a dark story of obsession and jealousy”, is the peculiar tale of a
> man who becomes infatuated with a woman he meets at a party. He visits
> her home only to discover the real object of her affection: a
> life-size, mechanical male doll.
>