Clicking red heels

"Clicking Red Heels" is a pulp horror short story by Paul Ernst, written in the late 1930s. It tells the tale of a wealthy bachelor whose affair with a cobbler's daughter leads to obsession, murder, and supernatural retribution. After committing the crime, he is haunted by the sound of clicking heels, blurring the line between psychological torment and actual haunting. The story explores themes of guilt and vengeance from beyond the grave.