Tales of the Night Author:Sarah Wood 188 pp. Illus, dj, end papers. 1982 (1827). #1269 $20.00 Madam Sarah Wood (1759-1854) was America's first writer of Gothic tales, and Maine's first woman writer. Tales of the Night contains "Storms and Sunshine" and "The Hermitage," both full of mystery, insidious seducers, and miraculous rescues.