John Martin Leahy Explained

John Martin Leahy
Birth Date:16 May 1886
Birth Place:Newcastle, Washington, United States
Death Place:Seattle, Washington, United States
Nationality:American
Genre:weird fiction, fantasy

John Martin Leahy (May 16, 1886  - March 26, 1967) was an American short story writer, novelist and artist. He wrote and illustrated weird stories that appeared in pulp magazines such as Weird Tales and Science and Invention. His novel Drome was published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., in 1952.

His short story "In Amundsen’s Tent" (1928) is a precoursor of both H. P. Lovecraft’s "At the Mountains of Madness" and John W. Campbell Jr.’s "Who Goes There?".[1]

Works

Draconda (Weird Tales Nov. 1923 – May/Jun./Jul. 1924)

The Living Death (Science & Invention Oct. 1924 – Jun. 1925)

"The Voices From the Cliff" (Weird Tales May 1925)

"The Voice of Bills" (Weird Tales Oct. 1926)

Drome (Weird Tales Jan. 1927 – Jul. 1927; book form 1952)

"In Amundsen's Tent" (Weird Tales Jan. 1928; reprinted Aug. 1935)

"The Isle of the Fairy Morgana" (Weird Tales Feb. 1928)

Sources

. John Clute . Peter Nicholls . Peter Nicholls (writer) . . New York. . 699 . 1995. 0-312-13486-X.

. Donald H. Tuck . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy . Chicago . . 268 . 1974. 0-911682-20-1.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bleiler . E. F. . Science-fiction, the early years . 1990 . Kent State University Press . Kent, Ohio . 9780873384162 . 430.