Widdershins

WiddershinsBy Oliver OnionsA Collection of Ghost StoriesGeorge Oliver Onions (13 November 1873 - 9 April 1961) was a British writer of story collections and over 40 novels. He was married to the novelist Berta Ruck.Onions' work has generally been well received. Gahan Wilson ranked him as "one of the best, if not the best, ghost story writers working in the English language," declaring that "Mr. Onions did as much as anyone to move phantoms and other haunts from dark, Gothic dungeons to...
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WiddershinsBy Oliver OnionsA Collection of Ghost StoriesGeorge Oliver Onions (13 November 1873 - 9 April 1961) was a British writer of story collections and over 40 novels. He was married to the novelist Berta Ruck.Onions' work has generally been well received. Gahan Wilson ranked him as "one of the best, if not the best, ghost story writers working in the English language," declaring that "Mr. Onions did as much as anyone to move phantoms and other haunts from dark, Gothic dungeons to the very room in which you presently sit." Discussing ghost stories, Algernon Blackwood described The Beckoning Fair One as "the most horrible and beautiful ever written on those lines". J.B. Priestley described Widdershins as a "book of fine creepy stories". Robert Aickman named "The Beckoning Fair One" as "one of the (possibly) six great masterpieces in the field". E. F. Bleiler lauded Widdershins as "a landmark book in the history of supernatural fiction". Clemence Dane stated of Onions: "His books have a lasting attraction for a reader who enjoys using his brains and his imagination". An Irish Times review of Arras of Youth stated "Mr. Onions writes limpid and often beautiful prose". Martin Seymour-Smith described Onions' Whom God Hath Sundered trilogy as a neglected classic: " 'In Accordance with the Evidence' is the masterpiece of the three, but the other sequels in no way disgrace it".