*Title: Earl Beardie’s Game At Cards by Anonymous
Date Read: 24 October 2008
Available Online?: YES
Briefly: Desperate to find a card-playing partner on the holiest day of the week and frustrated that he hasn’t, Earl Beardie of Glamis Castle proclaims that he would even play with the Prince of Darkness. Soon after a dark, bonneted stranger enters the room.
Afterthoughts: Short stories probably don’t come much shorter than this, and consequently there’s little one can say about it in review. It appears to read more as a legend or lore rather than a story. One could call it succinct I suppose, and to some degree entertaining.
Notable Quote: “The evil Fates were kind. Even as he spoke a tap came to the door, and a tall, dark stranger, cloaked and bonneted, presented himself in silence. Little cared the Earl for name or address. He had got what he wanted, and asked no questions. The cards were shuffled and dealt, and the game began”
Rating: 
*Story read as part of the 31 Tales of Terror reading challenge.
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