James Platt

James Platt was a British writer and scholar who lived from 1861 to 1910. He is chiefly remembered for Tales of the Supernatural; Six Romantic Stories (1894), a book of eerie fiction that helped keep older Gothic traditions alive for later readers.

Alongside his literary work, he was associated with serious language study and Anglo-Saxon scholarship, and sources describe him as a contributor to the original Oxford English Dictionary. That mix of academic work and imaginative storytelling gives his writing an unusual character: thoughtful, bookish, and still capable of real atmosphere.

Although he is not as widely known as some of his contemporaries, his stories continue to attract readers interested in classic supernatural fiction and overlooked voices from the late nineteenth century.