M. Y. Halidom was the pseudonym of Alexander Huth (1838-1914), who also wrote as Dryasdust. His other works of weird fiction include Tales of the Wonder Club (1899-1900), The Poet's Curse (1911), and The Wizard's Mantle (1890). The Woman in Black was originally published in 1906.

During a trip to a nearby village church, the proudly unmarried Sir Ashleigh Carruthers meets the alluring and hypnotically beautiful Woman in Black and is instantly enraptured. But when the vicar collapses mid-sermon after looking upon the Woman's face, Carruthers is left to wonder: Who is this mysterious woman? And should he be worried about her pointed ears, her pointed teeth, and her ability to vanish into thin air?

Featuring a bewitching and depraved antiheroine who leaves a pile of bloody bodies in her wake, The Woman in Black is the not-quite-living embodiment of every Victorian man's worst nightmare.