<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 28 November 1959 </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Landlady" is a short horror story by Roald Dahl . It initially appeared in The New Yorker, as did other short stories that would later be reprinted in the 1960 anthology, Kiss Kiss . </P> <P> 17 - year - old Billy Weaver travels from London to Bath, by himself, on a work matter when he stops for the night at a quaint bed - and - breakfast . The landlady is a kind older woman who Billy comes to suspect is a little senile, as she offers him tea and prattles on in a strange, slightly confused manner . As the night draws on, the landlady's kindness and the seeming lack of other people in the house is shown to be hiding a terrible secret . </P> <P> In the introduction to Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories, a collection of 14 stories by other writers that he chose as the genre's best, Dahl states that he's always wanted to write a ghost story but never quite been able to . The closest he came was with "The Landlady", but after reading it through he decided that he hadn't "brought it off", so changed the ending to make the twist non-supernatural . </P>

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