John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. His name is immortalised in the term "Bangsian Fantasy" - fantasy set in the afterlife, of which Philip José Farmer''s Riverworld series is a direct descendent.Check out seven short stories by this author specially selected by the critic August Nemo:- The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall- The Spectre Cook Of Bangletop- A Midnight Visitor- The Speck On The Lens- A Quicksilver Cassandra- The Ghost Club- A Psychical Prank