Bruce Elliott (writer)

Bruce Walter Gardner Lively Stacy Elliott (May 30, 1914 – March 21, 1973) was an American writer of mystery fiction, science fiction, and television scripts.^[1] He was also a magician who wrote several books on magic. Eliott co-founded the magicians' magazine Phoenix with Walter B. Gibson, as assistant editor, later editor.^[2]

Elliott's 15 stories in The Shadow magazine between 1946 and 1948 (issues #306-320^[3]) include three stories in which the Shadow does not appear in his costumed identity.

Elliott contributed material to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, including the acclaimed reverse-werewolf story "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954)^[4][5] and a comic fantasy about Satan, "The Devil Was Sick".^[6]

In November 1972, Elliott was hit by a taxi cab driver, lapsed into a coma, and died four months later on March 21, 1973. He was 58 years old.

Biblio

Novels

• The Planet of Shame (1961)
• Asylum Earth (1968)
• The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck (1970)

Short Fiction

• "Jungle Jazz" (1944)
• "They're Hustling You" (1948)
• "Fearsome Fable" (1951)
• "The Devil Was Sick" (1951)
• The Battle of the S...s (1952)
• "Asylum Earth" (1952)
• The Last Magician (1953)
• "So Sweet As Magic ..." (1953)
• The Man Next Door (1953)
• "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954)