About

Ulric Evan Daubeny (1888–1922) produced a single collection of short supernatural fiction, The Elemental, a volume now so scare that only one of its stories, “The Sumach”, has ever been brought to the attention of modern-day readers: first in the short-lived magazine Borderland (1985) and then in Richard Dalby’s anthology of vampire fiction, Dracula’s Brood (1987). Details of Daubeny’s life are almost as hard to come by as the collection itself, but it is known that he was an enthusiastic collector of antiques and woodwind instruments, and a keen local historian and archaeologist, interests which are evident in his stories and other books: he is chiefly remembered today for his volumes on Ancient Cotswold Churches and Orchestral Wind Instruments Ancient and Modern.