Snippets of the Hunt for Weird

Dear Diary: Today encountered 77th supposedly classic iteration of the formula in which, on the very last page, the supernatural makes its entrance on the wings of the following: "Why, I was delighted to meet and have a splendid conversation with your mother/father/wife/son/daughter/brother/sister/gardener/plumber/ consierge/frog the other day in that little abandoned room far from all the light fixtures!" "What? Why my mother/father/wife/son/daughter/brother/sister/gardener/plumber...