7 best short stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for his literary criticism and short stories. With his vast number of short stories, Q shows his dynamic range of style and creativity with tales of the supernatural, Viking tales, satires, historical fiction, romantic adventures, tales of heroic swashbuckling, mystery and crime fiction, and sea-going adventures. The critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories by this author for your appreciation: I Saw Three Ships; The Haunted Dragoon; A Blue Pantomime; The Two Householders; The Disenchantment of 'Lizabeth; The Laird's Luck; Captain Dick and Captain Jacka