Question

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 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 character Uncle Oswald. In another story by this author, a woman giggles as a policeman dines (10[1])on a leg of mutton (10[2])she used to kill her husband. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this author of short horror stories like “Lamb to the Slaughter,” who also wrote The BFG. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Roald Dahl (the story in the first line is called “The Wish.”)
<Darren Petrosino, British Literature>
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