The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer

The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer by Lord Dunsany - When he discovered something mysterious in his ancient castle he asked a scientist for help. It worked! In fact, it worked too well.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, we know him as Lord Dunsany the incredibly prolific author who published more than 90 books, and hundreds of short stories, plays and essays.

He was born in London in 1878, was raised partly in Kent. Dunsany lived much of his life in what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited house, Dunsany Castle. He was the chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland and during the 1910s was considered one of the greatest living writers of the English-speaking word.

Writers who were influenced by Dunsany include, Arthur C. Clarke, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Jorge Luis Borges, C. M. Kornbluth, Margaret St. Clair and many more.

Published in 1955 The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer is one of his last, appearing in the April 1955 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine when he was 77.

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