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Thomas Owen (writer)

Thomas Owen (writer)

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Thomas Owen (real name Gérald Bertot) is often credited with Jean Ray and Franz Hellens as a pillar of Belgium weird fiction and as part of the golden age of Belgium fantastique fiction.[1] He wrote over 300 short stories in his lifetime, most being either fantasy or weird fiction.[2]

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Thomas Owen started as an author of detective fiction but switched to the fantastique with 1942's l’Initiation à la Peur. Eventually he became close friends with one of the founders of the Belgian school of the strange, Jean Ray. They remained close friends until Ray's death in 1964.

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  1. [1]
    Gauvin, Edward (27 January 2014). "Jean Muno's Unusual Tales". Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    Gauvin, Edward (17 September 2012). "An Accounting by Thomas Owen". Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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