Paul Ernst

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1960
  • Latest Book:
    October 2019
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Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Registered Nurse

    A highway accident plunged lovely Carol Bond into a scandalous courtroom battle -- and into the arms of a handsome young lawyer! Nurse Carol Bond was a witness to death! She had arrived at the scene of the accident seconds after the two cars ha...

  • Short of Murder

    She lay in her bed in the pleasant house on the tree-shaded street. For years her world had been bounded by the walls of her room, peopled only by her family, her doctor and nurse. There, Clara Campbell quietly waited for death, which might come in t...

  • Dr. Satan

  • The World Behind the Moon

    Two intrepid Earth-men fight it out with the horrific monsters of Zeud's frightful jungles. Excerpt Like pitiless jaws, a distant crater opened for their ship. Helplessly, they hurtled toward it: helplessly, because they were still in the nothingness...

  • The Microscopic Giants

    Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1936THE MICROSCOPIC GIANTSby Paul ErnstAuthor of “Devil at the Wheel,” “Blood Witches,” etc.Men Go Forty Thousand Feet Below the Surface to Find Copper—and Battle with the Scurrying...

  • The Temple of Serpents

    PERIL PRESS presents: Weird Tales, October 1928 Weird Tales, July 1952 THE TEMPLE OF SERPENTS by Paul Ernst “I am about to make a wish, and may the devils that hide in the dark places see to it that my wish comes true. . . .” The first publishe...

  • The Thing in the Pond

    PERIL PRESS presents: Astounding Stories, June 1934 THE THING IN THE POND by Paul Ernst illustrated by C.R. Thomson Big game hunter Gordon Sharpe and Professor Weidbold investigate The Thing in the Pond... 3900 Words Weird Tales, July 1938 ESCAPE ...

  • Death Ray

  • The Chair Cheater

    Round by Round, Check Gavey Outpointed the Law, but Fate Was a Different Kind of Opponent...excerpt"The C Deck steward from the S.S. Moravia was a scrawny little man. His front teeth were too large and too prominent for his thin face. His mouse-color...



  • Mask of Death

    Supervillain Dr. Satan made his debut in Weird Tales in 1935. He is pursued by Ascott Keane, a detective, over a series of eight stories....

  • The Casebook of Seekay and Other Prototypes of the Avenger

    It's well known that Walter Gibson and Lester Dent pitched ideas that led to the creation of The Avenger, but what aspects did writer Paul Ernst introduce? This collection explores this relatively-unexplored question. From the pages of Popular Public...

  • Web-Footed Death Dance

    PERIL PRESS presents:Strange Detective Mysteries, November 1938WEB-FOOTED DEATH DANCEA murder novelette of eerie mystery and spine-chilling dramaUnforgettable Novelette of Bizarre Crimeby Paul ErnstWhat was this hellish carnival of murder, that overn...

  • The Love Letters

    The leading lady of a company of actors receives love letters from an unknown admirer. She and the oldest member of the company--the notary--continue to speculate about the admirer's identity even after it becomes clear who he is.Genre: short storyWo...

  • The Man Who Chained The Lightning

  • The Planetoid of Peril

    Harley 2Q14N20 stopped for a moment outside the great dome of the Celestial Developments Company. Moodily he stared at their asteroid development chart. It showed, as was to be expected, the pick of the latest asteroid subdivision projects: the Celes...

  • Marooned Under the Sea

    A mysterious cruise to the South Seas leads to danger and adventure…. excerpt Yacht Rosa was due to leave the San Francisco harbor in two hours. We were going on some mysterious cruise to the South Seas, the details of which I did not know. "Profes...

  • Anthology of Sci-Fi V28, the Pulp Writers

    The Anthology of Sci-Fi V28 is a collection of eight Sci-fi stories from two of the best writers of the past century. Included are: The Planet of Dread By R. F. Starzl, The World Behind the Moon By Paul Ernst, The Earthman's Burden By R. F. Starzl, I...

  • The Raid on the Termites

    Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary. The Raid on the Termites a fun adventure filled story reminiscent of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. Paul Frederick Ernst was an American pulp fiction writer ...

  • The Red Hell of Jupiter

    What is the mystery centered in Jupiter's famous "Red Spot"? Two fighting Earthmen, caught by the "Pipe-men" like their vanished comrades, soon find out. Paul Ernst delivers a classic science fiction tale, filled with adventure an...



  • Escape The Temple Of The Moon - 14 Pulp Thrillers

    14 PULP THRILLERSThrilling Wonder Stories, October 1936THE MICROSCOPIC GIANTSby Paul ErnstAuthor of ?Devil at the Wheel,? ?Blood Witches,? etc. Men Go Forty Thousand Feet Below the Surface to Find Copper?and Battle with the Scurrying, Lilliputian De...

  • The Complete Tales of Doctor Satan

    Pre-dating the great comic book villains, Paul Ernst's Doctor Satan stalked through the pages of Weird Tales in 1935 and 1936, bent on world domination and bizarre evil deeds for his own amusement. Opposing him with his own blend of science and sorce...

  • Twelve Who Were Damned and Other Stories

    Paul Ernst was a versatile writer and one of the most creative of the weird menace authors who wrote for Popular Publications' triumvirate of "shudder pulps," Dime Mystery Magazine, Terror Tales and Horror Stories. Sourced predominantly from Dime Mys...

  • Ray Cummings and Russel

    Horror Stories! The dark companion to Dime Mystery Magazine. Created to showcase stories too horrible for Terror Tales. The third of the triumvirate of fear pulps. This brand of fiction came to be called Weird Menace. The mystery-and-menace formula p...

  • Satan's Roadhouse

    A grinning death's-head led Stephen Benedict to a house of hell, where hanging corpses looked down with sightless eyes on ugly, midnight rites.In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror m...

  • School for Terror

    It was a school of helpless, frightened girls, too young to guess at the true nature of the thing which nightly brought them fear and death.In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror maga...

  • The Radiant Shell

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    They were frightful times -- times at the very brink of war. And it was a war that the nation would lose.

    "That, gentlemen," said the Secretary of War, "is the situation. Arvania has stolen the Ziegler plans and formulae. With their acquisition ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Paul Ernst has published 26 books.

Paul Ernst does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Satan's Roadhouse, was published in October 2019.

The first book by Paul Ernst, Registered Nurse, was published in January 1960.

No. Paul Ernst does not write books in series.
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