Male : Novelist of mysteries, thrillers, humour, horror and fantasy. Died of heart failure

Nationality : English Place of Birth : St John's Wood, London

Date of Birth : 1857 Date of Death : 1915 Age : 58

Pseudonyms : Bernard Heldemann

1881-1890
Dorrincourt : The Story of a Term There (1881 Nisbet) - by Bernard Heldemann
Boxall School : A Tale of Schoolboy Life (1881 Nisbet) - by Bernard Heldemann
Expelled : Being the Story of a Young Gentleman (1882 Nisbet) - by Bernard Heldemann
The Belton Scholarship : A Chapter from the Life of George Denton
(1882 Griffith & Farran) - by Bernard Heldemann
The Mutiny on Board the Ship Leander : A Story of the Sea (1882 Sampson Low)
- by Bernard Heldemann

1893-1900
Daintree (1883 Nisbet) - by Bernard Heldemann
The Devil's Diamond (1893 Henry)
The Mahatma's Pupil (1893 Henry)
Mrs Musgrave and Her Husband (1895 Heinemann)
The Strange Wooing of Mary Bowler (1895 Pearson)
The Mystery of Philip Bennion's Death (1897 Ward Lock)
The Crime and the Criminal (1897 Ward Lock)
The Beetle : A Mystery (1897 Skeffington) - John Williamson
The Duke and the Damsel (1897 Pearson)
The House of Mystery (1898 F V White)
Curios : Some Strange Adventures of Two Bachelors (1898 John Long) - ss. J Ayton Symington
The Datchet Diamonds (1898 Ward Lock)
Tom Ossington's Ghost (1898 James Bowden) - Harold Piffard
In Full Cry (1899 F V White)
Frivolities : Especially Addressed to those who are Tired of Being Serious (1899 James Bowden) - ss
The Woman with One Hand & Mr Ely's Engagement (1899 James Bowden)
A Second Coming (1900 Grant Richards)
Ada Vernham, Actress (1900 John Long) - Oscar Wilson frontis
The Goddess : A Demon (1900 F V White)
Marvels and Mysteries (1900 Methuen) - ss
The Chase of the Ruby (1900 Skeffington)
A Hero of Romance (1900 Ward Lock)
The Seen and the Unseen (1900 Methuen) - ss
An Aristocratic Detective (1900 Digby Long) - ss

1901-1905
The Joss : A Reversion (1901 F V White)
Amusement Only (1901 Hurst & Blackett)
Both Sides of the Veil (1901 Methuen) - ss
The Twickenham Peerage (1902 Methuen 6/-)
The Adventures of Augustus Short : Things Which I Have Done for Others and Wish I Hadn't
(1902 Treherne) - ss
Between the Dark and the Daylight (1902 Digby Long) - ss
The Magnetic Girl (1903 John Long)
The Death Whistle (1903 Anthony Treherne)
A Metamorphosis (1903 Methuen)
Miss Arnott's Marriage (1904 John Long)
Garnered (1904 Methuen) - ss
A Duel (1904 Methuen)
A Spoiler of Men (1905 Chatto & Windus)
The Marquis of Putney (1905 Methuen)
Confessions of a Young Lady : Her Doings & Misdoings (1905 John Long) - ss

1906-1910
The Garden of Mystery (1906 John Long)
Under One Flag (1906 John Long) - ss
In the Service of Love (1906 Methuen)
The Romance of a Maid of Honour (1907 John Long)
The Girl and the Miracle (1907 Methuen)
A Woman Perfected (1907 John Long)
The Coward Behind the Curtain (1908 Methuen)
The Surprising Husband (1908 Methuen)
The Interrupted Kiss (1909 Cassell)
The Girl in the Blue Dress (1909 John Long) - ss
A Royal Indiscretion (1909 Methuen)
Live Men's Shoes (1910 Methuen)
The Lovely Mrs Blake (1910 Cassell)
A Drama of the Telephone (1910 Digby Long) - ss

1911-1915
Twin Sisters (1911 Cassell)
Viloet Forster's Lover (1912 Cassell)
Sam briggs, His Book (1912 John Long) - ss
Judith Lee : Some Pages from Her Life (1912 Methuen) - ss
A Master of Deception (1913 Cassell)
Justice - Suspended (1913 Chatto & Windus)
If It Pleases (1913 Methuen) - ss
Margot and Her Judges (1914 Chatto & Windus)
Molly's Husband (1914 Cassell)
His Love or Her Life (1915 Chatto & Windus)
The Woman in the Car (1915 Fisher Unwin)
A Man with Nine Lives (1915 Ward Lock)
Love in Fetters (1915 Cassell)
The Flying Girl (1915 Ward Lock)

1916-1920
Sam Briggs, VC (1916 Fisher Unwin)
The Adventures of Judith Lee (1916 Methuen) - ss
The Great Temptation (1916 Fisher Unwin)
Coming of Age (1916 John Long)
The Deacon's Daughter (1917 John Long)
Orders to Marry (1918 John Long)
On the Jury (1918 Methuen) - ss
Outwitted (1919 John Long)
Apron Strings (1920 John Long)

After 1921
The Haunted Chair : Collected Tales of Horror and the Supernatural of Richard Marsh
(1997 Ash Tree Press £25) - 500

READING
Robert Aickman : The Attempted Rescue (1966 Gollancz)
Kelly Hurley : The Gothic Body - Sexuality, Materialism & Degeneration at the Fin De Siecle
(1996 CUP £30)