He published some of them in The Idler, and hob-nobbed with many. H Rider Haggard, Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, Arthur Machen and so on.
Seconfly, Jerome, who found The Idler and Today magazines, knew everyone. Firstly, his middle name was Klapka, after a Hungarian general, apparently. Some background may apply before we mention his ghost stories. As biographies of Jerome are easy to find, we’re only concerned here with his involvement in the supernatural and speculative, otherwise this would be an awfully long feature. His boating tales are still shared, republished and broadcast. Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) is most often remembered these days as a humourist. Join us, then, dear listener, for more Edwardian Arcane… He had some surprisingly thoughtful things to say in general – and he engaged in speculative satire, which may have influenced some of the great dystopian novels of the 20th century, including works by Huxley and Orwell.
For not only did he write ghost stories, he also deconstructed them mercilessly. Did you ever venture beyond Three Men in a Boat and explore the world of Jerome K Jerome? You should.
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