Liquid Death and Other Stories

by John Russell Fearn

JOHN RUSSELL FEARN began his writing career as a pioneer in the science fiction field, appearing in all of the American pulp science fiction magazines in the early 1930s. However, many of his fans don't know that Fearn was also a prolific and successful writer in other genres, especially crime and detective fiction. This volume contains some of his best stories from the famous pulp magazine, Thrilling Mystery Stories, plus several others, including two which are previously unpublished.

226 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

A prolific author in various genres under his own name, John Francis Russell Fearn also used these pseudonyms: Astron del Martia, Brian Shaw, Conrad G. Holt, Dennis Clive, Frank Jones, Geoffrey Armstrong, Griff, Hugo Blayn, John Russell, K. Thomas Mark Denholm, Paul Lorraine, Polton Cross, Spike Gordon, Thornton Ayre, Vargo Statten, Volsted Gridban, Dom Passante, John Cotton, Ephriam Winiki, Lawrence F. Rose, Earl Titan, Ephraim Winiki.

John Russell Fearn 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 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 and wild imagination. He has always had a substantial cult following and has been popular in translation around the world.

Reviews

[Joseph R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mixed up murder.

I thought this book was written in a twisted fashion that was really good. This story called for the reader to keep the characters separate as you tried to figure out who was the guilty one. I enjoyed this story and I would recommend it to everyone that likes a good mystery.

[Chris Stephens · Rating 3 out of 5]

some really fun pulp era yarns.