The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
In the quiet, decaying town of Kingsport, an ancient and reclusive man resides in an old, weather-worn house near the sea. His neighbors avoid him, speaking in hushed tones of his past—a past filled with mystery, whispers of piracy, and long-forgotten secrets.
Rediscovering Mary Elizabeth Counselman’s Eerie Worlds of Weird Fiction 
Editorial: Christmas used to be a time for telling ghost stories? 
