Someone in the Room

by A.M. Burrage

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Genres: Horror, Weird Fiction

285 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1976

About the author

Alfred McLelland Burrage (1889-1956) was a British writer. He was noted in his time as an author of fiction for boys which he published under the pseudonym Frank Lelland, including a popular series called "Tufty". Burrage is now remembered mainly for his horror fiction.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Canavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

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“The House of Unrest” (1922) ✭✭✭
“The Ivory Cards” (1925) ✭✭½
“The Affair at Paddock Cross” (1928) ✭✭✭
“The Lady of the Elms” (1915) ✭✭
“The Captain’s Watch” (1967) ✭✭½
“Little Bride-of-a-Day” (1926) ✭✭½
“Auntie Kate” (1922) ✭✭
“Behind the Panels” (1915) ✭✭✭
“The Black Diamond Tree” (1934) ✭✭
“The Garden in Glenister Square” (1925) ✭✭✭½
“Household Gods” (1920) ✭✭½
“Oberon Road” (1924) ✭✭✭✭
“Dark Horses” (1937) ✭✭
“The Hawthorn Tree” (1928) ✭✭½
“The Sweeper” (1931) ✭✭✭✭
“The Blue Bonnet” (1926) ✭✭✭
“The Waxwork” (1931) ✭✭✭✭✭
“Through the Eyes of a Child” (1928) ✭✭✭½
“The Running Tide” (1928) ✭✭✭
“The Strange Case of Dolly Frewan” (1931) ✭✭½
“The Oak Saplings” (1928) ✭✭✭
“The Cottage in the Wood” (1929) ✭✭✭½
“Smee” (1929) ✭✭✭✭✭
“The Case of Mr. Ryalstone” (1931) ✭✭✭
“Someone in the Room” (1928) ✭✭✭½
“The Shadowy Escort” (1928) ✭✭✭½
“Mr. Garshaw's Companion” (1931) ✭✭✭
“One Who Saw” (1931) ✭✭✭✭½
“Ghost Stories” (variant title: “Un-Paying Guests”) (1919) ✭✭✭
“The Supernatural in Fiction” (1921) ✭✭✭

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first complete book of A.M. Burrage stories that I have read, and I can say with some certainty that his acclaim as a truly accomplished story-teller is not hollow. Many of these stories are developed around traditional & standard tropes concerning supernatural, but the language, the characterisation, and the gentle-yet-trim narrative made those standard plots very readable, and at times quite exquisite, with their pathos & poignance. The "printed" version of this book commands absymal price at 2nd hand market. Hence, this digital edition is highly recommended to all lovers of good-old stories of supernatural.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could tell that a lot of these were written for monthly magazines. Very formulaic and mild ghost stories in general - unfortunately not very memorable in many cases. They are all well written, just not worth a second reading for me. A few stand outs were 'The House of Unrest' which although it is another ghost story is at least pretty lurid and grim, 'The Waxwork' which is a classic night in the wax museum tale, 'The Running Tide' was also a ghostly tale with a bit more punch to it, 'The Shadowy Escort' has a menacing feel of approaching doom, 'Mr. Garshaw's Companion' concerns a demonic 'familiar', and the last story is 'One Who Saw' which has a subtle but chilling end to it. There are 28 stories in all but less than a quarter were keepers. Burrage wrote a great deal of light romance stories as well, and it is apparent in this collection - there are a number of poignant 'lost love' hauntings to be found here.