"A Handsome Fellow, of Good Family, with a Heart Big and Manly, If He Was a Cut-throat Gambler and a Bad Man All Around"

"Stateroom Six."
By William Albert Lewis (1856-?).
First appearance: The Black Cat, November 1895.
Short short short story (3 pages).
Online at SFFAudio (HERE).

"This spot has a fascination for me."

Death has a way of never letting go . . .

Resource:
- The FictionMags thumbnail about William Albert Lewis: "Born in Maryland; a journalist in 1901 census; death not traced." This was evidently the first of three known stories he sold
to The Black Cat.