Ray Cummings

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1976
  • Latest Book:
    October 2019
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Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • A Brand New World

    "The new planet caem out of the infinite deeps of insterstellar space, moved in towards the sunlike a comet, and stayed -- a new member of the Solar System, between Earth and Venus. Xenephrene it was named and it made a pretty vision in the evening s...

  • The Exile Of Time

    From somewhere out of Time come a swarm of Robots who inflict on New York the awful vengeance of the diabolical cripple Tugh. excerpt The extraordinary incidents began about 1 A.M. in the night of June 8-9, 1935. I was walking through Patton Place, i...

  • The Girl in the Golden Atom

    A classic work of science fiction, this novel was one of the first to explore the world of the atom. The Girl in the Golden Atom is the story of a young chemist who finds a hidden atomic world within his mother's wedding ring. Under a microscope,...

  • Brigands of the Moon

    When The Planetara, a space cargo ship under the command of Gregg Haljan, docked at the moon to be loaded with a special load of moon ore bound for Grantline Corporation, everyone knew it was a risky business. The ore was valuable, and there were ple...

  • The White Invaders

    Out of their unknown fourth dimensional realm materializes a horde of White Invaders with power invincible....

  • Wandl The Invader

    There were nine major planets in the Solar System, and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet - a maverick!This ten...

  • The Shadow Girl

    A mysterious tower appears in the middle of a city, bearing a troubled girl from the future in search of help from today. One of Cummings' best works, THE SHADOW GIRL remains thoroughly readable and enjoyable even though it was first published more t...

  • The Man Who Mastered Time

    It took what seemed but half a day's traveling to traverse the 28,000 years that separated Loto Rogers from the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He had expected to find mighty cities and a flowering civilization in that future world, but instead...

  • Tarrano the Conqueror

    In "Tarrano the Conqueror" is presented a tale of the year 2430 A.D. -- a time somewhat farther beyond our present-day era than we are beyond Columbus' discovery of America. My desire has been to create for you the impression that you have suddenly b...



  • Beyond the Stars

    Racing through the vast depths of space in a vehicle larger than the universe itself -- a fantastic concept, and one that only the mind of a master pioneering science fiction talent could conceive and then translate into a classic tale of exciting tr...

  • Tama Of The Light Country

    Are all the artificial satellites circling the Earth ours? How can we be sure that these little metal globes, these observational devices with their top-secret interiors, were all made on Earth? Perhaps there is one up there that was not? When such a...

  • Tama, Princess Of Mercury

  • Jetta of the Lowlands

    Fantastic and sinister are the Lowlands into which Philip Grant descends on his dangerous assignment. excerpt I was twenty-five years of age that May evening of 2020 when they sent me south into the Lowlands. I had been in the National Detective Serv...

  • Phantoms of Reality

    Red Sensua's knife came up dripping -- and the two adventurers knew that chaos and bloody revolution had been unleashed in that shadowy kingdom of the fourth dimension. excerpt When I was some fifteen years old, I once made the remark, "Why, that's i...

  • The World Beyond

    Out of nowhere came the grim, cold, black-clad men, to kidnap three Earth people and carry them to a weird and terrible world where a man could be a giant at will....

  • The Thing in the Marsh

    THERE were five of us on the dim moonlit verandah.“If the Thing in the marsh is going to show itself at all,” John Blaine said, “well, this is the time of night they claim they’ve been seeing it.”I had not seen the marsh before, by moonligh...

  • Atom Boy

    Retired and rusticating Pete McLean, former policeman, sees something new in crime-fighting in a rural setting! Note: short storyexcerptMy name's Pete McLean, and I’ve been mixed up in a few gunfights in my time as a member of the police force in a...

  • Thrilling Mystery Stories

    Nine stories from THRILLING MYSTERY pulp magazine from 1939 to 1941: "The Death Song," "The Case of the Mummified Corpse," "Ashes of Murder," "The Dead Who Walk," "The Man Who Cast Two Shadows," "Castle of Horror," "The Thing in the Bottle," "Fear Ri...

  • Wings of Horror and Other Stories



  • Murderer's Clock

    Liberty, January 19, 1935MURDERER’S CLOCKby Ray CummingsA Short Short StoryReading Time: 5 Minutes 5 SecondsA short story of Murder, Science and the Laws of Physics from the Sci-Fi Master, Ray Cummings. 1100 Words...

  • Case of the Exploding Men

    Strange Detective Mysteries, November 1938CASE OF THE EXPLODING MENA novelette of amazing murder at the crossroads of the worldA Detective Novel of Weird Mysteryby Ray CummingsHalf-mad with fear, Dugan & Dugan’s terrified client babbled his plea fo...

  • Clue in Crimson

    Clue In CrimsonThis book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective books c...

  • The Dead Man Laughs

    Popular Detective, January, 1938THE DEAD MAN LAUGHSA Dr. Feather Storyby Ray CummingsAuthor of “Murder in the Fog, “Death Under the Microscope,” etc.—as a Scientific Sleuth Tackles the Riddle of A Mysterious Fire!3400 Word...

  • Hands of Horror

    Ten Detective Aces, March 1949HANDS OF HORRORby Ray CummingsSatan wrote this little conversation piece. For though it seemed to be a harmless bit of parlor talk, every little word brought this lovely closer to a speaking acquaintance with the Grim Re...

  • Murder in the Fog

    Murder In The Fog This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective boo...

  • The Precipice

    Private Detective, June, 1945THE PRECIPICEby Ray CummingsOld Mac was dying—Old Mac who’d devoted the best of his life to the Jacques Cartier Lumber Company. And almost his last act in relation to his job was to make a mistake about the ...

  • The Scalpel of Doom

    The Scalpel Of Doom This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective bo...

  • A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot In The Dark This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective boo...

  • Stamp of Doom

    Stamp Of Doom This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective books ...



  • Two Proposals

    Poppy is waiting for a proposal… it is just not the one she was expecting! (note: short story)excerptPoppy Blake sat up in bed, on the morning after the show’s chilly opening, and read what the heartless, senseless and diabolical critics had to s...

  • 5 Pulp Stories of Doom

    PERIL PRESS presents:Private Detective, June, 1945THE PRECIPICEby Ray CummingsOld Mac was dying -- Old Mac who’d devoted the best of his life to the Jacques Cartier Lumber Company. And almost his last act in relation to his job was to make a mistak...

  • Doctor Feather Investigates: 4 Science Detective Pulp Mysteries

    Science wiz, Ray Cummings, wrote a handful of stories featuring Science Detective Doctor Feathers and his daughter Kit for Popular Detective and later Crack Detective. Popular Detective , September 1936A SHOT IN THE DARKA Dr. Feather Storyby Ray Cumm...

  • Hands of Horror - Murderer's Clock and more...

    PERIL PRESS presents:3 EXCITING SHORTSby Ray CummingsTen Detective Aces, March 1949HANDS OF HORRORby Ray CummingsSatan wrote this little conversation piece. For though it seemed to be a harmless bit of parlor talk, every little word brought this love...

  • Photograph of Death

    PERIL PRESS presents:Hollywood Detective, July 1945PHOTOGRAPH OF DEATHby Ray CummingsOur customer was supposed to be dead when we arrived to take her picture at her employer's behest. But there were bizarre things happening in the old house on Breakn...

  • Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 1, No. 1

    Introducing -- ASTOUNDING STORIES What are "astounding" stories? Well, if you lived in Europe in 1490, and someone told you the earth was round and moved around the sun -- that would have been an "astounding" story. Or if you lived in 1840, and were...

  • Satan's Five Days

    At first they heard a vast roaring as of a thousand waterfalls, and then the great blackness swept over them. It paused for a moment and when it went on — no sign of life remained! The whole country trembled, for what were mere men against the ...

  • Shadows of Desire

    How could Clay Cavanaugh protect his sweetheart from a man with Satan’s gifts?In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is t...

  • Beyond the Vanishing Point

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    THEY OPENED THE PANDORA'S BOXOF ATOMIC TRAVELWhen George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals. And, mo...

  • The Fire People

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    The first of the new meteors landed on the earth in November, 1940. It was discovered by a farmer in his field near Brookline, Massachusetts, shortly after daybreak on the morning of the 11th. Astronomically, the event was recorded by the observatory...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ray Cummings has published 39 books.

Ray Cummings does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Satan's Five Days, was published in October 2019.

The first book by Ray Cummings, A Brand New World, was published in March 1976.

No. Ray Cummings does not write books in series.
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