C. M. Eddy, Jr.

Clifford Martin Eddy, Jr. was an American author best known for his horror, mystery and supernatural short stories. He is best remembered for his work in Weird Tales magazine and his friendship with H.P. Lovecraft.

C.M. Eddy, Jr., was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in January 18, 1896. He went to Classical High School in Providence, and as a child was a precocious reader and writer. He continued to be an avid reader and writer, interested in mythology and the occult. According to his wife Muriel, Cliff was always interested in the idea of parallel planes where life on another level, either astral or otherwise, would be similar to that on earth or where life might exist, but in another time or another form. He was also fascinated by the themes of teleportation, vampirism, ghosts and the mystery of unexplained phenomena...he spent hours in the library researching the unusual, the unique, the bizarre..

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