Howard Elmer Wandrei (24 September 1909 – 5 September 1956)[1] was a United States artist and writer. He wrote over 200 stories that appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Astounding, Esquire, Black Mask and others. Wandrei wrote under his own name and as by Robert Coley and H.W. Guernsey.
Howard Elmer Wandrei | |
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| Born | September 24, 1909 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | September 5, 1956 (aged 46) Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Pen name | H. W. Guernsey, Robert Coley |
| Occupation | Artist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery |
| Relatives | Donald Wandrei (brother) |
Wandrei is better remembered for his illustrations[2] many of which were included in the books of his brother, Donald Wandrei.
Several collections of Wandrei's stories were announced as forthcoming from Arkham House[3] but were not published by Arkham House.
Fedogan & Bremer has published several collections of Wandrei's stories using some of the same titles as the proposed Arkham House publications.
A photograph of Howard Wandrei can be found at: [1]
Works
edit- Three Tales (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
- Time Burial (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
- The Last Pin (F & B Mystery, 1996)
- Saith the Lord (F & B Mystery, 1996) (limited to 250 copies in wrappers; there were also 100 copies hardbound for insertion with the limited edition slipcased state of THE LAST PIN)
- The Eerie Mr. Murphy (Fedogan & Bremer, 2003)
Notes
edit- ^ Minnesota Death Certificates Index Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed May 21, 2009
- ^ Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 995. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
- ^ Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 211. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
References
edit- Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 995. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
- Sullivan, Jack (1986). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking Press. pp. 449–450. ISBN 0-670-80902-0.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 466. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.
External links
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- Works by Howard Wandrei at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Howard Elmer Wandrei at Faded Page (Canada)
- Howard Wandrei at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Howard Wandrei at Library of Congress, with 2 library catalog records
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