Well regarded Victorian author who was supremely popular in his day. Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on the 30th August 1854 in London. He was one of 11 children. His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Illustrated London News, Macmillan's Magazine, Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, and The Queen. It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path. His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence' . As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record. He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’. Capes quickly became both prolific and popular. As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novels.Bernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic. 1 - Bernard Capes - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction2 - A Danse Macabre by Bernard Capes3 - A Voice From The Pit by Bernard Capes4 - Bullet-Proof by Bernard Capes5 - The Strength of the Rope by Bernard Capes6 - The Thing in the Forest by Bernard Capes7 - An Ugly Customer by Bernard Capes8 - Dark Dignum by Bernard Capes9 - The Voice by Bernard Capes