228 - Said to be the greatest story ever written, here's a romantic tale for your special evening.

227 - A stranger comes to your door asking to revisit his childhood home -- now YOUR home.  Would you let him in? Tuck in and see what happens.

226 - From the "Lost Stories" collection: Unearthed in 2014, this startling find is said to be darker and more sinister than du Maurier's later works.  You decide.

225 - The conclusion: Poor Asbury has come home to the farm to die . . . but will Mother "allow" it?

224 - From "the best book ever to have won the National Book Award" to you: a tale filled with outlandish, morally-flawed southern characters.

223 - From the author: "This story has haunted me for over 20 years . . . be warned of its effect . . ."

222 - Welcoming the New Year,  Australian-style: "They lingered awhile - arms round each other's waists... the two sweethearts of twenty years ago and tonight watched the retreat of the storm."

221 - 'Tis the season for forgiveness.  Will Sherlock Holmes find forgiveness in this adventure? (And what IS a carbuncle anyway?)

219 - Charles Dickens's Scrooge is not the only character to encounter ghosts at Christmas time.  The prolific Algernon Blackwood brings us this: 

". . . he heard someone come up the stairs behind him . . . a stealthy footstep--the tread of somebody who did not wish to be seen."