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