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Julian Osgood Field (1849–1925) was an American who used the pseudonym X.L. (or Sigma) to write decadent horror fiction. He is also famous for involving Lady Ida Sitwell, mother of Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Edith Sitwell in a financial scandal in 1912 which led to her imprisonment for debt.
[edit] 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 1898
[edit] Non-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 and Edwardian high society. All were published anonymously.)
- 1924 "Uncensored Recollections" (London, T. Werner Laurie, 1924)
- 1925 "More Uncensored Recollections" (London, T. Werner Laurie, 1925)
[edit] Works regarding
- 1998 “Alas, Poor Ghost” by David G. Rowlands, published in All Hallows #16
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