Psst, high school English teachers, I have a secret. There’s a great text that will allow you to continue the tradition of school-appropriate spookiness: “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen. In their elementary and middle school days your students reveled in the jack-o’-lantern crafts and costume parades and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” so keep the eerie vibes going with this concise short story. It’s a nice surprise for teenagers who thought those days were over! (A textbook version of the story is available