W. C. Morrow
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+ | "At this moment, however, he lived in the clouds; he breathed and glowed with the spirit of shiftless, proud, [[starving]] [[Bohemianism]] as it is lived in Paris, benignantly disdainful of the great moiling, money-grubbing world that roared around him, and perhaps already the adoration of some girl of poetic or artistic tastes and aspirations, who was serving him as only the Church gives a woman the right."--''[[Bohemian Paris of To-day]]'' (1899) by W. C. Morrow | ||
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- | '''William Chambers Morrow''' (7 July 1854, [[Selma, Alabama]] – 3 Avril 1923, [[Ojai, California]]) was an [[American writer]], now noted mainly for his [[short story|short stories]] of [[horror fiction|horror]] and suspense. He is probably best known for the much-anthologised story "His Unconquerable Enemy" (1889), about the implacable revenge of a servant whose limbs have been amputated on the orders of a cruel rajah. | + | '''William Chambers Morrow''' (1854 – 1923) was an [[American writer]], now noted mainly for his [[short story|short stories]] of [[horror fiction|horror]] and suspense. He is probably best known for the much-anthologised story "[[His Unconquerable Enemy]]" (1889), about the implacable revenge of a servant whose limbs have been [[amputated]] on the orders of a [[cruel]] [[rajah]]. |
+ | Morrow published an apparently journalistic work called ''[[Bohemian Paris of Today]]'' (1900), from "notes by Edouard Cucuel". | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
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+ | ===Short story collections=== | ||
+ | *''The Ape, the Idiot and Other People'' (1897) | ||
+ | *''The Monster Maker and Other Stories'' (ed. S. T. Joshi and [[Stefan Dziemianowicz]]) (2000) | ||
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+ | ===Novels=== | ||
+ | *''A Strange Confession'' (1880–81; newspaper serial) | ||
+ | *''Blood-Money'' (1882) | ||
+ | *''A Man; His Mark: A Romance'' (1900) | ||
+ | *''Lentala of the South Seas'' (1908) | ||
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+ | ===Further reading=== | ||
+ | *"W.C. Morrow: Horror in San Francisco" in S.T. Joshi, ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' NY: Hippocampus Press, 2004, 13-17. | ||
+ | *[[Bohemian Paris of To-day]] | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
+ | *[[Cabaret de L'Enfer]] | ||
+ | *[[Cabaret du Néant]] | ||
+ | *[[Cabaret du Ciel]] | ||
+ | *[[American Fantastic Tales]] | ||
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"At this moment, however, he lived in the clouds; he breathed and glowed with the spirit of shiftless, proud, starving Bohemianism as it is lived in Paris, benignantly disdainful of the great moiling, money-grubbing world that roared around him, and perhaps already the adoration of some girl of poetic or artistic tastes and aspirations, who was serving him as only the Church gives a woman the right."--Bohemian Paris of To-day (1899) by W. C. Morrow |
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William Chambers Morrow (1854 – 1923) was an American writer, now noted mainly for his short stories of horror and suspense. He is probably best known for the much-anthologised story "His Unconquerable Enemy" (1889), about the implacable revenge of a servant whose limbs have been amputated on the orders of a cruel rajah.
Morrow published an apparently journalistic work called Bohemian Paris of Today (1900), from "notes by Edouard Cucuel".
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Bibliography
Short story collections
- The Ape, the Idiot and Other People (1897)
- The Monster Maker and Other Stories (ed. S. T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz) (2000)
Novels
- A Strange Confession (1880–81; newspaper serial)
- Blood-Money (1882)
- A Man; His Mark: A Romance (1900)
- Lentala of the South Seas (1908)
Further reading
- "W.C. Morrow: Horror in San Francisco" in S.T. Joshi, The Evolution of the Weird Tale NY: Hippocampus Press, 2004, 13-17.
- Bohemian Paris of To-day
See also