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H. H. (Hector Hugh) Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by his pen name Saki[[note]](either in reference to the cupbearer in ''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'' or a type of small South American monkey)[[/note]], was a British writer of over 100 short stories, three novels (''The Unbearable Bassington'', ''When William Came'', and ''The Westminster Alice''), and three plays (''The Death-Trap,'' ''Karl-Ludwig's Window'', and ''The Watched Pot''). Full of [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]], wit, and BlackComedy, the influence of Creator/OscarWilde shows through in his work-- and he, in turn, is a major influence on writers like Creator/PGWodehouse and Creator/DorothyParker. Well known for the blackly comic twist ending, his own death was [[LifeImitatesArt strangely resonant]] - during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne he yelled at another man to put a light out, because there was a German sniper about... and ''he'' got shot, not the man with the light.
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H. H. (Hector Hugh) Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by his pen name Saki[[note]](either in reference to the cupbearer in ''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'' or a type of small South American monkey)[[/note]], was a British writer of over 100 short stories, three novels (''The Unbearable Bassington'', ''When William Came'', and ''The Westminster Alice''), and three plays (''The Death-Trap,'' ''Karl-Ludwig's Window'', and ''The Watched Pot''). Full of [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]], wit, and BlackComedy, the influence of Creator/OscarWilde shows through in his work-- and he, in turn, is a major influence on writers like Creator/PGWodehouse and Creator/DorothyParker. Well known for the blackly comic twist ending, his own death was [[LifeImitatesArt strangely resonant]] - during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne UsefulNotes/WorldWarI he yelled at another man to put a light out, because there was a German sniper about... and ''he'' got shot, not the man with the light.
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* DeliciousDistraction: In "The Boar-Pig," Matilda collects medlars to lead Tarquin the pig back to his sty. [[HighSchoolHustler For a price,]] of course.
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* ConsummateLiar: Mrs. Sappleton's niece Vera, in "The Open Window," is a relatively benign example.
-->''Romance at short notice was her speciality.''
-->''Romance at short notice was her speciality.''
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* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Vera pulls this off ''twice'' in "The Open Window"--first to the visiting Mr. Nuttel, then to her aunt.
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* AmbiguousEnding: "Gabriel-Ernest" ends with one -- [[spoiler:did the titular character attempt to save the Toop child at the cost of his own life, [[SenselessSacrifice in vain]], or did he kill them before fleeing to terrorize somewhere else? The town believes the former, Van Cheele believes the latter]].
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* AmbiguousEnding: "Gabriel-Ernest" ends with one -- [[spoiler:did the titular character attempt to save the Toop child at the cost of his own life, [[SenselessSacrifice in vain]], or did he kill them before fleeing to terrorize somewhere else? The town believes the former, Van Cheele believes the latter]].
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* ChildEater: Gabriel-Ernest claims to be one during his first meeting with Van Cheele, remarking that it's been two months since he ate child-flesh, and it's heavily implied that he's not bluffing.
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* AmbiguousEnding: "Gabriel-Ernest" ends with one -- [[spoiler:did the titular character attempt to save the Toop child at the cost of his own life, [[SenselessSacrifice in vain]], or did he kill them before fleeing to terrorize somewhere else? The town believes the former, Van Cheele believes the latter]].
