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Edgar Daniel Kramer
1887–1966
A Baltimore-born poet, teacher, and magazine writer, he published widely in newspapers and periodicals, moving easily between verse and short fiction. Today he is especially remembered for "Murder mask," a strange crime tale that still finds new readers in the public domain.
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Murder mask
by Edgar Daniel Kramer
About the author
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 9, 1887, Edgar Daniel Kramer was an American poet, author, and teacher. Reliable reference pages describe him as a prolific writer whose work appeared in a wide range of magazines and newspapers, from popular magazines to major outlets such as The New York Times.
Kramer seems to have been one of those versatile early-20th-century writers who could turn from poetry to short fiction without much fuss. His surviving reputation now leans toward the unusual and the eerie, thanks in part to Murder mask, a weird crime story first published in Weird Tales in June 1937 and now available through Project Gutenberg.
He died in July 1966 in Baltimore County, Maryland. No suitable verified portrait image was found on the sources checked for this overview, so none is included here.