In a story by this author, a character paints “beauties” for a Persian shopkeeper in exchange for opium to cure his insomnia. No one attends the funeral of an artist, who cuts his throat (-5[1])with a razor after a prostitute declines his marriage proposal, (10[1])in a story by this author. A (10[1])story (10[1])by this author ends with a policeman following a giant-fisted ghost until it confronts him. A “certain clerk” from a “certain department” develops a delirious fever after being berated by a “Person of Consequence” (10[1])in a story by this author. The title object is wrapped in cloth (-5[1])and thrown (10[1])off the St. Isaac’s Bridge in a story by this author before it is found in a loaf of bread by a (10[1])barber. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author, whose many stories set in St. Petersburg include “Nevsky Prospekt,” “The Nose,” and “The Overcoat.” (10[1]) (10[1])■END■