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  1. Vivian Meik. Indian-born engineer and author, in active service during World War One, during which he was wounded at least once; in UK during his adult life until 1947, then in USA. The Geoffrey Aylett sequence beginning with Devils' Drums (coll of linked stories 1933) is primarily supernatural, with an occult tinge, though verging at point ...

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  2. Jan 6, 2012 · Vivian Meik. Vivian Meik (b. at sea, registered at Calcutta, 21 July 1894; d. San Clemente, California, 22 December 1955) Vivian Bernard Meik was the son of Lorenzo Meik (1847-1918), a maritime inspector based in India , and his wife Alice Gertrude Thomas (1856-1918). Meik’s family were originally from Scotland, but his father and grandfather ...

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  3. Meik, Vivian. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1894-1955) Indian-born engineer and author, in active service during World War One, during which he was wounded at least once; in UK during his adult life until 1947, then in USA. The Geoffrey Aylett sequence beginning with Devils' Drums (coll of linked stories 1933) is primarily ...

  4. Vivian Meik has 13 books on Goodreads with 293 ratings. Vivian Meik’s most popular book is Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!.

  5. Author: Vivian Meik Author Record # 54381; Legal Name: Meik, Vivian Bernard Birthplace: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India Birthdate: 21 June 1894

  6. hellnotes.com › devils’-drumsDevils’ Drums

    Dec 7, 2011 · News from Medusa Press … their new release, Vivian Meik’s Devils’ Drums, is available now in a new expanded edition.. Description: Since its publication in 1933 as part of the Creeps series, Vivian Meik’s short story collection Devils’ Drums has long been an especially desirable book for collectors of weird literature.

  7. Devils' Drums contains his very best work. With this book Meik found his métier. Set in and around Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique and Malawi), the ten chilling stories in Devils' Drums provide an abundance of zombies, curses, vengeful ghosts, and arcane witch doctors to appease the most pulp-hungry reader, and are a refreshing contrast ...