Muddock, J E Preston
Entry updated 16 October 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1843-1934) UK author, much travelled in early life, who published prolifically under his own name, sometimes giving his surname as Preston-Muddock (though Preston is absent from his birth records), and as by Dick Donovan; in general he restricted this pseudonym to juveniles and thrillers, including Tales of Terror (coll 1889) and The Scarlet Seal: A Tale of the Borgias (1902), the latter a witchcraft fantasy. As Muddock he published considerable nonfiction as well as Stories Weird and Wonderful (coll 1889). One tale is of sf interest: The Sunless City (1905), in which a submarine explores a seemingly bottomless Underground lake in the Rockies and comes upon a Lost Race. [JC]
James Emmerson Preston Muddock
born New Forest, near Southampton, Hampshire: 28 May 1843
died Upper Tooting, Surrey [now London]: 23 January 1934
works
as by Dick Donovan
- Tales of Terror (London: Chatto and Windus, 1889) as by Dick Donovan [coll: hb/]
- The Corpse Light and Other Tales of Terror (Seattle, Washington: Midnight House, 2000) as by Dick Donovan [vt of the above: hb/Allen Koszowski]
- The Scarlet Seal: A Tale of the Borgias (London: John Long, 1902) [hb/]
- The Shining Hand and Other Tales of Terror (Seattle, Washington: Midnight House, 2004) as by J E Muddock [coll: hb/Allen Koszowski]
as Muddock
- The Shadow Hunter: The Tragic Story of a Haunted Home (London: T Fisher Unwin, 1887) [hb/]
- Stories Weird and Wonderful (London: Chatto and Windus, 1889) [coll: hb/]
- Maid Marian and Robin Hood: A Romance of Old Sherwood Forest (London: Chatto and Windus, 1892) [hb/]
- The Sunless City (London: F V White and Co, 1905) [hb/]
nonfiction
- Pages from an Adventurous Life (London: Werner Laurie, 1907) as by Muddock and Dick Donovan [nonfiction: hb/]
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