Oliver Onions

writer
Short Story

Phantas

Abel Keeling and Bligh are the only two mates remaining on board the sailing ship Mary of the Tower as she slips beneath the waves and possibly slips forward to the time of steam-powered ships.
—Michael Main
Listen. We’re His Majesty’s destroyer Seapink, out of Devonport last October, and nothing particular the matter with us. Now who are you?
  • “Phantas” by Oliver Onions, in Nash’s Magazine, February 1910.
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  • Fantasy
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

The Cigarette Case

Initially, I thought this story of the narrator and his pal Carroll in Provence was just a ghost story. After all, they wander off and meet a young woman and her aunt, whom the travelers later find out have been dead for years. Ghosts, right? After all, Oliver Onions is known for his ghost stories. Unless the travelers were actually in the ladies’ house of long ago, and proof of their visits surfaces.
—Michael Main
He paused, looking at my cigarette case, which he had taken into his hand again. He smiled at some recollection or other, and it was a minute or so before he continued.
  • “The Cigarette Case” by Oliver Onions, in Widdershins (Martin Secker, 1911).
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  • Eloi Bronze Medal
  • Fantasy
  • Definite Time Travel