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Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer)
Vincent O'Sullivan (November 28, 1868 – July 18, 1940) was an American-born short story writer, poet and critic.
==Biography==
Born in New York City to Eugene and Christine O'Sullivan, he began his education in the New York public school system and completed it in Britain.〔After his schooling at St Mary's College, Oscott, Vincent went up to Exeter College, Oxford, in 1892, but left after only one term. — See Kunitz, Stanley & Howard Haycraft (1973). ''Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature''. H.W. Wilson Company, p. 1059; Powell, Anthony (1994). "Vincent O'Sullivan." In: ''Under Review: Further Writings on Writers, 1946-1990''. University of Chicago Press, p. 78.〕 he lived comfortably in London, travelling often to France, until in 1909 he lost his income from the family coffee business when his brother Percy made a spectacularly mistimed futures gamble at the New York Coffee Exchange. The entire family was ruined, and Vincent was destitute for the remaining years of his life.〔Robert Scoble, ''The Ruin of the O'Sullivans'', Callum James Books, 2008.〕 His works dealt with the morbid and decadent. He was a friend of Oscar Wilde (to whom in his disgrace he was often generous), Leonard Smithers, Aubrey Beardsley and other fin-de-siècle
figures.〔Dziemianowicz, Stefan R. (2005). "O'Sullivan, Vincent". In: S. T. Joshi & Dziemianowicz, (eds.) ''Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia''. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, pp. 875-6 ISBN 0313327742〕 O'Sullivan produced his first collection of supernatural fiction, ''A Book of Bargains'', in 1896. It contains the pact-with the devil story "The Bargain of Rupert Orange", and ''The Business of Madame Jahn'' and "My Enemy and Myself", which both feature reanimated corpses.〔 "When I Was Dead" (1905), "Verschoyle's House" (1915) and "The Burned House" (1916) are ghost stories, while "Will" is a tale of psychic vampirism.〔
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