E F Benson was a prolific writer, producing over a hundred books. He is perhaps most well-known for his mysteries and tales of the supernatural as well as the comic Mapp and Lucia series. This collection includes a variety of fiction stories - Across the Stream (spiritualism), The Blotting Book (mystery), Collected Short Stories (variety), Paying Guests (precursor to Mapp and Lucia), Mrs Ames (similar to Mapp and Lucia) and a collection of Spook Stories.