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P. T. Raymond
A prolific writer of late-19th-century dime novels, this author worked under the pen name P. T. Raymond and helped shape fast-moving popular mystery and adventure fiction. The name is especially linked to sensational tales like Bats in the Wall and other stories published for young readers of the era.
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Bats in the Wall; or, The Mystery of Trinity Church-yard
by P. T. Raymond
About the author
P. T. Raymond was a pen name used by Francis Worcester Doughty (1850–1917), an American writer known for his huge output of dime novels and serialized popular fiction. He wrote under several names, and the Raymond byline appears on mystery and adventure stories aimed at the mass audience that devoured cheap weekly fiction in the late 1800s.
His work includes Bats in the Wall; or, The Mystery of Trinity Church-yard, and scholars of popular fiction also connect the P. T. Raymond name with early crime and sensation tales such as The Man in the Black Cloak. Doughty was part of the bustling world of pulp precursors, producing vivid, plot-driven stories built for suspense, speed, and cliffhangers.
Today, P. T. Raymond is remembered less as a single famous literary personality than as one of the hardworking storytellers who helped define dime-novel entertainment. For listeners interested in vintage mysteries and the roots of popular detective fiction, that background gives his stories an extra layer of charm.