- Julian Osgood Field
Infobox Writer
name = Julian Osgood Field
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pseudonym = X.L.
birthdate = 1849
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deathdate = 1925
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occupation = short story writer
nationality = United States of America
period = 1893–1898
genre =Horror fiction
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movement =Decadent movement
debut_works = Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales
notableworks = "A Kiss of Judas"
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footnotes =Julian Osgood Field (1849–1925) was an American who used the
pseudonym X.L. (or Sigma) to write decadenthorror fiction . He is also famous for involving Lady Ida Sitwell, mother ofOsbert Sitwell ,Sacheverell Sitwell andEdith Sitwell in a financial scandal in 1912 which led to her imprisonment for debt.Fiction bibliography
*1893 "A Kiss of Judas" published in
The Pall Mall Magazine , July 1893
reprinted in Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula, ed.Christopher Frayling (London: Faber, 1991)*1893 "The Luck of the Devil" published in
The Pall Mall Magazine , October 1893*1894 Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales (London: Methuen & Co.)
*1898 "With All the Powders of the Merchant" published in
The Pall Mall Magazine , September to December 1898Non-Fiction bibliography
*1893 "A Few Words About Jules Sandeau" published in
The Pall Mall Magazine , November 1893
*1924 "Things I Shouldn't Tell" (London, T. Werner Laurie, 1924). (This and the next two items were volumes of often scandalous reminiscences about late Victorian andEdwardian high society. All were published anonymously.)
*1924 "Uncensored Recollections" (London, T. Werner Laurie, 1924)
*1925 "More Uncensored Recollections" (London, T. Werner Laurie, 1925)Works regarding
*1998 “Alas, Poor Ghost” by
David G. Rowlands , published in All Hallows #16External links
* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/s267.html#A5611 Locus Mag: Stories, Listed by Author: Julian Osgood Field entry]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/s422.html#A9966 Locus Mag: Stories, Listed by Author: X.L. entry]
* [http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/x1.htm Tartarus Press/A Guide to Supernatural Fiction Database: X.L. entry]ee also
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List of horror fiction authors
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