When I Was Dead and Other Stories

Robert Aickman wrote of Vincent O'Sullivan that: [his short story] When I Was Dead is a very rictus or spasm of guilt; sudden and shattering. Vincent O'Sullivan was a master of this dyeing and soaking in guilt. The curious should try to find a copy of his novel The Good Girl. The quest is difficult but the product distinctive. O'Sullivan having lived a longish life as a more or less well-to-do rentier in latish middle age found himself ruined wrote his last book (Opinions) under terrible conditions and dying in Paris ended anonymously in the common pit for the cadavers of paupers.Table of ContentsWhen I Was DeadThe Bargain of Rupert OrangeThe Business of Madame JahnThe Interval