Fitz James O'Brien

Fitz James O'Brien (25 October 1826–6 April 1862) was an Irish American Civil War soldier, writer, and poet.

The Diamond Lens (1858)

 * Like every novice, I fancied myself a discoverer.

What Was It? A Mystery (1859)

 * I feel my capacity to experience a terror greater than anything yet conceived by the human mind—something combining in fearful and unnatural amalgamation hitherto supposed incompatible elements.

Quotes about Fitz James O'Brien

 * O'Brien's early death undoubtedly deprived us of some masterful tales of strangeness and terror.
 * H. P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature/The Weird Tradition in America (1927)