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Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

Arthur, Jr., Robert A.

November 10, 1909 – May 2, 1969 (aged 59)

Birth place: Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, Philippines

63 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
April 1939 100 Short Fiction Picture of a Killer The Phantom Detective, April 1939
September 1939 125 Short Fiction Cosmic Stage Startling Stories, September 1939
January 1940 118 Short Fiction Footsteps Invisible Argosy, January 20, 1940
January 1940 42 Short Fiction Song at Twilight Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1940
January 1940 120 Essay The Story Behind the Story: Song at Twilight Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1940
March 1940 104 Short Fiction Gateway Unknown Fantasy Fiction, March 1940
May 1940 70 Short Fiction If You But Wish Argosy, May 11, 1940
May 1940 51 Short Fiction The Flying Eye Argosy, May 18, 1940
June 1940 99 Short Fiction Postmarked for Paradise Argosy, June 15, 1940
July 1940 49 Short Fiction Miracle on Main Street Argosy, July 6, 1940
July 1940 24 Short Fiction The Pearls of Madame Podaire Argosy, July 20, 1940
September 1940 24 Short Fiction Napoleon of Nothingness Argosy, September 14, 1940
November 1940 122 Essay The Story Behind the Story: The Tomb of Time Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940
November 1940 16 Short Fiction The Tomb of Time Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940
February 1941 140 Short Fiction The Professor's Hobby Unknown Fantasy Fiction, February 1941
March 1941 20 Short Fiction The Devil's Garden Argosy, March 1, 1941
March 1941 103 Short Fiction The Eternal Moment Startling Stories, March 1941
March 1941 48 Short Fiction The Indestructible Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1941
April 1941 75 Short Fiction Evolution's End Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1941
May 1941 16 Short Fiction Don't Be a Goose Argosy, May 3, 1941
June 1941 34 Short Fiction The Universe Broke Down Argosy, June 7, 1941
July 1941 60 Short Fiction Just a Dreamer Argosy, July 5, 1941
July 1941 33 Short Fiction Obstinate Uncle Otis Argosy, July 19, 1941
July 1941 41 Short Fiction The Believers Weird Tales, July 1941
July 1941 75 Short Fiction The Indulgence of Negu Mah Comet, July 1941
August 1941 107 Short Fiction Mr. Jinx Unknown, August 1941
September 1941 22 Short Fiction The Boys from Mars Argosy, September 6, 1941
October 1941 58 Short Fiction Killer, Go Home Argosy, October 4, 1941
December 1941 86 Short Fiction Operation Successful Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1941
January 1942 49 Short Fiction Death Thumbs a Ride Weird Tales, January 1942
March 1942 24 Short Fiction Tracks Across the Darkness Astonishing Stories, March 1942
May 1942 33 Short Fiction Ghost for a Night Weird Tales, May 1942
June 1942 81 Short Fiction Time Dredge Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1942
June 1942 73 Short Fiction Tomorrow Unknown Worlds, June 1942
August 1942 56 Short Fiction Meteoric Mr. Myrtle Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1942
August 1942 Short Fiction Satan and Sam Shay The Elks Magazine, August 1942
August 1942 126 Essay The Story Behind the Story: Meteoric Mr. Myrtle Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1942
December 1942 21 Short Fiction The Wall Unknown Worlds, December 1942
February 1943 105 Short Fiction Cinerobot, Inc. Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943
March 1943 44 Short Fiction The Book and the Beast Weird Tales, March 1943
June 1943 102 Short Fiction The Rabbit and the Rat Unknown Worlds, June 1943
February 1944 96 Short Fiction Space Command Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944
February 1944 129 Essay The Story Behind the Story: Space Command Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944
January 1950 61 Short Fiction Postpaid to Paradise The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Winter-Spring 1950
March 1950 75 Short Fiction The Wheel of Time Super Science Stories, March 1950
November 1950 89 Short Fiction The Vengeful Pearls of Madame Podaire Fantasy Stories, November 1950
August 1951 15 Short Fiction Wilfred Weem, Dreamer The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1951
November 1951 35 Short Fiction The Knife The Mysterious Traveler Magazine, November 1951
November 1951 Editor The Mysterious Traveler Magazine - 1951 The Mysterious Traveler Magazine, November 1951
1952 50 Short Fiction Midnight Visit The Mysterious Traveler Mystery Reader, No. 5
1952 Editor The Mysterious Traveler Mystery Reader - 1952 The Mysterious Traveler Mystery Reader, No. 5
January 1952 Editor The Mysterious Traveler Magazine - 1952 The Mysterious Traveler Magazine, January 1952
March 1952 119 Short Fiction Sixty Grand Missing The Mysterious Traveler Magazine, March 1952
June 1952 39 Short Fiction The Case of the Murderous Mice The Mysterious Traveler Magazine, June 1952
July 1953 11 Short Fiction The Man with the Golden Hand Bluebook, July 1953
March 1954 38 Short Fiction Ring Once for Death Amazing Stories, March 1954
May 1955 42 Short Fiction The Aggravation of Elmer Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1955
June 1957 Short Fiction Death Is a Dream Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1957
November 1958 53 Short Fiction Mr. Milton's Gift The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1958
June 1959 56 Short Fiction The Hero Equation The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1959
April 1962 51 Short Fiction Garvey's Ghost The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1962
June 1963 6 Short Fiction The Mirror of Cagliostro Fantastic Stories of Imagination, June 1963
June 1965 113 Short Fiction Jabez O'Brien and Davy Jones' Locker The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1965

Bleiler found that this is not Robert Arthur Feder, as some had believed.

Beside writing pulp fiction, Arthur was a radio writer and producer, later a television writer and editor. In the 1960s he ghost-edited numerous Alfred Hitchcock Presents anthologies and wrote the first ten Three Investigators (above) juvenile detective novels. --biography by his daughter (ElizabethArthur.org)
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