American Fiction
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PATRICIA SAVAGE, BRONZE GODDESS OF PULP’S GOLDEN AGE
Some bear it better than others. We Savages, I think carry it poorly.” —Patricia Savage 1948 Of the many Doc Savage stories published by Street & Smith during the magazine’s sixteen-year run, “I Died Yesterday” is the only story told from Patricia Savage’s point of view. Who is Patricia Savage? She is the bronze goddess… Continue reading
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HENRY KUTTNER’S GALLOWAY GALLAGHER
“Are you a technician or a driveling idiot?” — “The Proud Robot” (1943) The story goes that science-fiction writer, Henry Kuttner, named his inebriated and gifted scientist “Gallagher” while writing “The Time Locker” then mistakenly called him “Galloway” when writing its sequel. And after realizing his error, Kuttner combined the names giving “Galloway Gallagher” his… Continue reading
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THE THANG: A SCI-FI LULLABY
May 26, 2017. In a brittle issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from November 1952, I stumbled across a short story entitled “Bem” by sci-fi author Charles T. Webb. His story so amused me that I decided to write my own using “Bem” as one inspiration and the 1897 UFO crash in Aurora,… Continue reading
MARTIAN DEATH RAY 