I don't know about most terrifying but there's a French (or French Canadian) superstition that the dead return home on All Soul's Day, and families would leave out meals for them on the dining room table. I heard a folktale of a traveler who accidentally ate with the dead on such a night. I wrote a story that was a bit of a twist on that: https://theforgottenlibrary.substack.com/p/trick-or-treat
I don't know about most terrifying but there's a French (or French Canadian) superstition that the dead return home on All Soul's Day, and families would leave out meals for them on the dining room table. I heard a folktale of a traveler who accidentally ate with the dead on such a night. I wrote a story that was a bit of a twist on that: https://theforgottenlibrary.substack.com/p/trick-or-treat
Awesome! Thanks for the shout out. I always look forward to macabre Mondays
Matt Cowan at Horror Delve explores the short fiction of E. F. Benson:
https://horrordelve.com/2025/01/27/e-f-benson-short-horror-stories-iv/
Only read Lightbulb so far and liked it. Thanks for the other recs!
Thanks so much for the mention!