In a very short story by this author, a petrified child imagines himself straddling a “deep curling river of black” while traversing a red, black, and yellow carpet. The narrator of another story by this author remembers being beaten with a cane by the school prefect in a flashback (15[1])triggered by misrecognizing a stranger on the train as the title “Galloping Foxley.” The main character plots to send the U.S. President into a sexual frenzy using the title (*) fragrance in this author’s story “Bitch,” which features his recurring (10[1])character Uncle Oswald. In another story by this author, a woman giggles as a policeman dines (10[1]-5[1])on a (-5[1])leg of mutton (10[3])she used (-5[1])to kill (10[1])her husband. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this author of short (-5[2])horror (10[1])stories like “Lamb (10[1])to the Slaughter,” who (10[1])also wrote The BFG. ■END■ (10[2])