Leonora, a 16-year-old girl, likes to walk in the moonlight...until she meets a fascinating stranger who invites her to ride in his automobile. A classic dark fantasy from Weird Tales magazine, originally published in 1927.
Weird Tales, 1927. Leonora is a spirited teenage girl who has a flirtation with death. Midnight on a lonely country road, a mysterious stranger in an expensive car encounters Leonora walking home on her 16th birthday. Worrell's tone is pitch perfect for a teenage girl. The narrator, Tanya Eby, does this story justice. A classic WT. Also available in 'The Women of Weird Tales; Monster, She Wrote, Book 2'.