Fitz James O Brien: 5 books

Fitz James O’Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish born American writer. some of whose work is often considered one of the forerunners of today's science fiction. The story of "My wife's tempter" revolves around a doomed marriage and the subsequent discovery of a secret…

Fitz-James O'Brien was born and lived in Ireland (1828-1852) and emigrated in 1852 to America, where he became the leading writer of horror stories in the decade following the death of Edgar Allen Poe. The year 1858 saw the publication of his best-known stories, “The Diamond Lens,” “From Hand...

The Wondersmith is a short novel written by Fitz James O'Brien in 1858. The story focuses on a robot rebellion: toys possessed by evil spirits come alive and they turn against their creators. The Wondersmith is considered one of the most impressive examples of surreal fiction ...

A sad story written by O'Brien on an alchemist, his daughter and a doctor who gets caught up with them. Here O'Brien style is appealing but at the same time his vocabulary is simple and accessible to everyone....

"What was it?" is a brief but intense horror story. We are in New York and the owner of a Boarding house decides to move from the 26th Street Bleeker street: does a great deal since the place where the lady you are setting up has the reputation of being haunted by shadowy presences. For...