Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined With Fantastic Novels Magazine July 1942 Vol. IV No. 3. Charles B. Stilson, Francis Stevens. Published by A Red Star Magazine / The Frank A. Munsey Company, New York, 1942. Stapled wraps. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 148pp. illustrated by Frank R. Paul and Virgil Finlay (cover art). Contents: Serapion by Francis Stevens; Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson. Features: A. Merritt on Modern Witchcraft; The Readers’ Viewpoint. In very good condition. With tiny chips to tail and head of spine, light edge wear, inside toning.
Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1883–1948) published her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. Bennett wrote a number of highly acclaimed fantasies between 1917 and 1923 and has been called “the woman who invented dark fantasy; she was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States.
Charles B. Stilson (1880-1932) US journalist and editor, wrote serialized novels. Polaris is a science fiction novel that takes place in the Arctic.
