A British
scientist and polymath whose writings range from hard sciences to
the occult. He wrote several entertaining works of weird fiction
under the pseudonym of 'Christopher Blayre' which are highly
sought after by collectors. Pseud. Christopher Blayre.
Short Stories
A Fatal Fiddle: the commonplace tragedy of a
snob, Belford, Clarke & Co. (U.S.), 1889
Including: "On a Roman Balcony" [later published
as "Mano Pantea"], "The Heresy of Spencer Carlyon", "The
Autobiography of a Disembodied Spirit".
The Purple Sapphire and other Posthumous
Papers, Allan, [1921] (pseud. 'Christopher Blayre')
Including: "The Purple Sapphire", "Aalila",
"Purpura Lapillus", "The Thing that Smelt", "The Blue Cockroach",
"The Demon", "The Book", "The Cosmic Dust".
ditto, as The Strange Papers of Dr. Blayre, Allan, 1932
Including: "The Purple Sapphire", "The House on
the Way to Hell", "Aalila", "The Mirror that Remembered", "Purpura
Lapillus", "Mano Pantea", "The Thing that Smelt", "The Blue
Cockroach", "The Man Who Killed the Jew", "The Demon", "The Book",
"The Cosmic Dust".
ditto, as The Strange Papers of Dr. Blayre, Arno Press (U.S.),
1976
The Cheetah-Girl, privately printed, 1923
(pseud.
'Christopher Blayre', 20 signed copies)
ditto, Tartarus Press, 1998 (99 numbered copies)
Some Women of the University, Sorelle Nessuno,
Nubiana [Stockwell], 1934 (pseud. 'Christopher Blayre', 100 numbered
copies)
The Collected Strange Papers of Christopher
Blayre, Tartarus Press, 1998
Including: "The Puple Sapphire", "The House on the
Wat to Hell", "Aalila", "The Mirror that Remembered", "Purpura
Lapillus", "Mano Pantea", "The Thing that Smelt", "The Blue
Cockroach", "The Man Who Killed the Jew", "The Demon", "The Book",
"The Cosmic Dust", "The Cheetah-Girl", "Zum Wildbad", ""The
Boots", "Another Squaw?", "Passiflora Vindicta"
