Uel Key

Uel Key was the pseudonym of British author Samuel Whittell Key (born 1874), who wrote short stories regarding Prof. Arnold Rhymer, the Spook Specialist. These tales appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1917 and 1918 and were later collected in "The Broken Fang and Other Experiences of a Specialist in Spooks" (1920). A novel concerning Prof. Rhymer, entitled "The Yellow Death", was published the following year.

Prof. Arnold Rhymer, M.D.

Key's recurring occult detective, Prof. Arnold Rhymer, was an English medical doctor and lecturer who worked closely with Scotland Yard on various cases involving the unusual, weird and/or exotic. Portrayed as a tall, lean, agile and young man, Rhymer was a ghostbuster who depended on his Holmes-like deductive mind and cunning wits to defeat supernatural opponents.

Bibliography

*"The Broken Fang and Other Experiences of a Specialist in Spooks" (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920)

*"The Yellow Death (A Tale of Occult Mysteries): Recording a Further Experience of Professor Rhymer the "Spook" Specialist" (London: Books Limited, 1921)

Works referenced

* [http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/pulpsr.html The Pulp Heroes: R by Jess Nevins]
* [http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/k12.htm The Supernatural Fiction Database: Uel Key]