Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886) is not remembered today as a horror short story writer. He is primarily known for his Irish poetry and a few novels. Ferguson was an attorney, just like William Harrison Ainsworth, Honore de Balzac and Sir Walter Scott who also penned horror short stories for the period in question. Ferguson continued to write after being admitted to the bar in such esteemed publications as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine and the Dublin University Magazine. Only one of this stories rises to level of being in the Top 40 horror short stories for 1800-1849 and it was published in Blackwood's. Not sure which one it was? Here is another hint: Samuel Ferguson's horror story drew the attention of Edgar Allan Poe. I will reveal the story and provide a link to it in a few days.
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