Charles Birkin
Overview
English literature
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of horror
Horror fiction
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short stories
Short Stories
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and the editor of the Creeps Library of anthologies
Anthology
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. Typically working under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
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Charles Lloyd, Birkin's tales tended towards the contes cruels rather than supernatural fiction
Supernatural fiction
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Birkin was the son of Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin and Claire Howe, the daughter of Alexander Howe. He was educated at Eton College
Eton College
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and was later employed by the publisher Philip Allan to edit the Creeps horror story anthologies, the first one of which appeared in 1932.
