author
Arthur B. Waltermire
1888–1938
A little-known American writer of eerie fiction, he is remembered today for a single uncanny tale that first appeared in Weird Tales. His brief career and early death give his work an extra air of mystery.
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The Doors of Death
by Arthur B. Waltermire
About the author
Born in Findlay, Ohio, in 1888, Arthur Beecher Waltermire was an American author whose surviving reputation rests mainly on one strange and memorable horror story, The Doors of Death. He died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1938, still only 49 years old.
Waltermire is closely linked with the pulp-magazine world of weird fiction. The Doors of Death appeared in Weird Tales and later entered the public domain, which has helped keep his name alive with modern readers and listeners who enjoy classic supernatural fiction.
Very little widely documented biographical information about him survives in major reference sources, which makes him a somewhat elusive figure today. That obscurity is part of his appeal: he stands as one of those forgotten authors whose work still delivers a sharp, old-fashioned chill.