-North and O'Brien

William North and Fitz-James O’Brien were among Poe’s most devoted followers in the New York bohemian scene. North and O’Brien both moved to New York City in the 1850s (North from England, O’Brien from Ireland), where they wrote sensational and speculative short fiction modeled on the style that Poe had made popular in previous decades. North committed suicide when his career as an author failed to materialize, and the bohemians honored his legacy by publishing his Poe-esque short story “The Living Corpse” in the inaugural issue of The New York Saturday Press. O’Brien, who came to be known as the “Celtic Poe,” wrote fantastic and gothic fiction that eventually caught the attention of H. P. Lovecraft, one of the modern masters of horror and fantasy.