John Russell Fearn (1908-1960) was an extremely prolific and popular British writer, who began in the American pulps, then almost single-handedly drove the post-World War II boom in British publishing with a flood of science fiction, detective stories, westerns, and adventure fiction. He employed numerous pseudonyms, such as Vargo Statten, Volstead Gridban, Hugo Blayn, Thorton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, Dennis Clive, John Cotton, Ephriam Winiki, Spike Gordon, and many others. He is noted for such grandly extravagant science fiction as _The Intelligence Gigantic_ and _The Liners of Time,_ "Mathematica," and the Golden Amazon series. He was so popular that one of his pseudonyms became the editor of VARGO STATEN'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE in the 1950's. His work is noted for its vigor amd wild imagination. He has always had a substantial cult following and has been popular in translation around the world.

Maria Marches On

Literature & Fiction

Fearn, John Russell

Literary

Wildside Press

Emperor of Mars (Drew Ser No 1)

Gryphon Pubns

Warrior of Mars

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

In the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, written by JR Fearn, an English author who learned his craft from the American Pulp Magazines. Many of his stories appeared in the pages of Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in the 1950's.

Redmen of Mars (Drew Ser No 3)

Goddess of Mars (Grew Ser No 4)

Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections Publisher Prime US

Manton's World

Cosmos Books

In the village of Payling, England, the bodies of a farmer and builder are found drained of blood, their throats slashed with two deep puncture wounds over the jugular veins. The local police call in Scotland Yard, but they make little progress--until Peter Malden begins to suspect some sinister connection with the death of his wife Elsie's first husband, George, who's supposedly committed suicide. But Elsie herself is foully murdered in the same way as the others--and her coffin, like George's, is found to be empty! Is there a vampire at work in Payling? A gripping mystery of horror by a master storyteller.

The Empty Coffins: A Mystery of Horror

Genre Fiction

Borgo Press

Slaves of Ijax

Dynasty of the Small: Classic Science Fiction Stories

For cinema projectionist Sid Elbridge, it seems that things can't get much worse. First, circumstantial evidence has made him the prime suspect in the police investigation of a robbery at the cinema where he works. Secondly, his fiancée Vera has been horribly killed in the same theatre, victim of a falling light fixture. Then he discovers strange, intricate patterns traced in the dust on the wooden frame of a still-case. There's something very wrong about this "accident," he now realizes, and begins investigating what actually happened. Slowly he realizes that a ruthless murderer is lurking in the shadows, and only Sid can uncover the PATTERN OF MURDER! Another great mystery story by a master of intricate plot twists.

Pattern of Murder: A Classic Crime Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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