Francis Stevens

• May-1984
• / Science Fiction
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"The stupendous fantasy of the Aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world!" A lost world story that focuses on a forgotten Aztec city rediscovered....

• Nov-1984
• / General Fiction
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A rediscovered classic of science fiction, set in a dystopian twenty-second-century society where the winner takes all, a precursor to The Hunger Games by one of the genre’s first major female writers -- with an introduction by Naomi Alderman, New ...

• Jul-1985
• / Fantasy
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A curious box is found on the site of a newly erupted volcano. Before long, all those who come in contact with the mysterious oblong meet horrible fates. But that''s nothing compared to what happens when the true owner of the box comes calling to cla...

• Nov-2004
• / Fantasy
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Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed aboard the doomed Lusitania and awakens on a magical South Pacific Island just as the pas...

• Nov-2009
• / Horror
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Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy. Stevens has been credited as having "the best claim at creating the new genre of dark fantasy." It has been said th...

• Feb-2013
• / General Fiction
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Using the ambiguous pseudonym Francis Stevens, Gertrude Barrows Bennett emerged as the first major female writer to make a mark in the genre of science fiction and fantasy. The fascinating tale "Friend Island" imagines a time in the not-so-distant fu...

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Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1883-1948) was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States, publishing her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. She completed school through the eighth grade then attended night ...

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James Stephens (1882-1950) was an Irish novelist and poet who sometimes wrote under the pen name James Esse. James Stephens wrote many retellings of Irish fairy tales. His retellings are marked by a rare combination of humour and lyricism. Deirdre (1...

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Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1883-1948) was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States, publishing her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. She completed school through the eighth grade then attended night ...