Let a Sleeping Witch Lie

Elizabeth Walter (1927-2006) was a British novelist, short story writer and editor of the Collins Crime Club for over thirty years. As an author she penned many stories in the field of supernatural and ghostly fiction as well as of ‘quiet’ horror. Walter’s uncanny tales have appeared in famous anthologies such as ‘The Pan Books of Horror Stories’ and ‘The Fontana Books of Great Ghost Stories’. She published five collections of short stories: ‘Snowfall & Other Chilling Events’ (1965), ‘The Sin-Eater & Other Scientific Impossibilities’ (1967), ‘Davy Jones’s Tale & Other Supernatural Stories’ ( 1971), ‘Come And Get Me & Other Uncanny Invitations’ (1973), ‘Dead Woman & Other Haunting Experiences’ (1975).

‘There is no better writer in this field... Her stories grip quite independently of their supernatural element, delicious though that is.’ – Sunday Times, 2 November 1975.