The Stone Chamber by HP Marriott Watson is about a man who takes possession of an old house only to find out that all is not well. It would have been wise of him to have determined that previous occupants, long dead, were not inhabiting the premises. People's lives are at stake when strange creatures are encountered during the night.
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