Author

J. D. Beresford

43 standalones · 43 works in the catalog

1873–1947 · Castor, Northamptonshire, England, UK

John Davys Beresford was an English writer, now remembered mainly for his early science fiction and some short stories of the horror story and ghost story genres. Beresford was a great admirer of H. G. Wells, and wrote the first critical study of Wells in 1915. His Wellsian novel The Hampdenshire Wonder (1911) was a major influence for the author Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.

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horror
science fiction
fantasy

Works

Type

Genre

25 of 43 works

Cut-Throat Farm1909short storyhorror
The Hampdenshire Wonder1911novelscience fiction
Goslings1913novel
Powers of the Air1917short storyhorror
A Case of Prevision1918short story
An Effect of Reincarnation1918short story
Force Majeure1918short story
Lost in the Fog1918short story
Lost Suburb1918short story
Nineteen Impressions1918collection
The Ashes of Last Night's Fire1918short story
The Contemporaries1918short story
The Criminal1918short story
The Empty Theatre1918short story
The Escape1918short story
The Great Tradition1918short story
The Instrument of Destiny1918short story
The Late Occupier1918short storyhorror
The Little Town1918short story
The Man in the Machine1918short story
The Misanthrope1918short storyhorror
The Power o' Money1918short story
A Difference of Temperament1921short story
A Negligible Experiment1921short story
As the Crow Flies1921short story