Robert W. Chambers 
The Mystery of Choice (Annotated) [EPUB ebook] 

• This edition includes the following editor’s introduction: Robert William Chambers, a successful, influential and chameleonic writer

First published in 1897, “The Mystery of Choice” is a collection of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers.
Distinguished by an atmospheric use of natural scenery, the stories collected in 'The Mystery of Choice’ are mostly set in Brittany, France and the macabre and the creepy are present in all the them.
'The Mystery of Choice’ contains the following stories: ’
The Purple Emperor, ’ ’
Pompe Funèbre, ’ ’
The Messenger, ’ ’
The White Shadow, ’ ’
Passeur, ’ ’
The Key to Grief, ’ ’
A Matter of Interest’ and ’
Envoi (a poem).’