A. M. Burrage

A. M. Burrage (1889–1956), during the first four decades of this century, Alfred McLelland Burrage, was one of the most prolific British writers of short popular fiction. There was scarcely a mainstream weekly, fortnightly, or monthly whose Contents page did not, at one time or another, feature his name.

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The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost Stories,this 1996 volume contains all thirteen tales from Burrage's first collection, Some Ghost Stories, originally published in 1927. But it goes far beyond that, including a further thirteen stories that had never before appeared in book form.

Among these are ten stories chronicling the adventures of Francis Chard, an occult detective who investigates supernatural mysteries, a character type that was becoming increasingly popular in the genre. The collection also includes two stories featuring Derek Scarfe, "the man who made haunted houses his hobby," and a substantial 10,000-word novella, "The House by the Crossroads," set during the Crimean War.

Edition Details

• Dust Jacket illustrated by Douglas Walters.
• This is a full clothbound edition limited to 500 copies.

External Links

• A. M. Burrage. ISFDB entry for A. M. Burrage
• The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost Stories. ISFDB entry for The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost Stories