Onions, Oliver (George Oliver)

Oliver Onions
13 November 1873 - 9 April 1961

English artist and writer, primarily of novels and short fiction. Often likened to Walter De La Mare. Is his work mannered Georgian fluff or a trenchant rejection of nascent Modernism? You decide...

Sites:
Oliver Onions Papers
Holding of Onions material at the U of Delaware Library; includes a brief biographical note.
Bibliography
[FantasticFiction.com]
Bibliography
[Guide to Supernatural Fiction, Tartarus Press]


Etexts:
"The Accident"
- at Red Moon Horror
- at HorrorMasters [PDF]

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"The Beckoning Fair One"
Published in 1911, this work is regarded by some — Algernon Blackwood, H. P. Lovecraft, E. F. Bleiler — as one of the very best classical ghost stories in English.
- at Nina Auerbach's site (146K)   [Nina Auerbach, U Penn]
- at Litrix.com (Table of Contents)
- at Blackmask.com (147K)
-- a brief note regarding this story [Wikipedia]

"Benlian"

"The Cigarette Case"
- at Red Moon Horror
- at HorrorMasters [PDF]

"Hic Jacet"
This title is Latin for "here lies," referring to a place of burial.
- at Red Moon Horror
- at HorrorMasters

"IO"
- at Red Moon Horror
- at HorrorMasters

"Phantas" [HorrorMasters]

"The Rocker" [HorrorMasters]

"Rooum"
- at Red Moon Horror
- at HorrorMasters


Books:
Long available in an inexpensive Dover Publications edition, Onions' classic collection Widdershins is, alas, now to be found only in a more expensive hardcover edition....click to buy this book at amazon.com


Essays and Reviews:
"Oliver Onions' "Painted Face'"
Brief discussion of this short story by rdbadac. [Weird Review, Violet Books]
"Oliver Onions."