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Leslie A. Croutch

April 25, 1915 – July 2, 1969 (aged 54)

Birth place: White River, Ontario, Canada

26 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
February 1935 134 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, February 1935) Amazing Stories, February 1935
May 1936 160|160.3 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, May 1936): A New Reader Astounding Stories, May 1936
August 1936 160|160.3 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, August 1936): Curiosity Is Aroused. Astounding Stories, August 1936
January 1937 157|157.3 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, January 1937): Could Life Exist Without Air? Astounding Stories, January 1937
February 1937 156|156.2 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, February 1937): Only Forty Pages? Astounding Stories, February 1937
May 1937 156|156.2 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, May 1937): Life Without Air. Astounding Stories, May 1937
August 1937 160|160.3 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, August 1937): Page Mr. Loomis. Astounding Stories, August 1937
October 1937 139 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, October 1937) Amazing Stories, October 1937
October 1937 156|156.1 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, October 1937): History vs. Legends. Astounding Stories, October 1937
December 1937 159|159.4 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, December 1937): Articles Fine; Smith Ditto. Astounding Stories, December 1937
August 1938 139 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, August 1938) Amazing Stories, August 1938
October 1938 138 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, October 1938) Amazing Stories, October 1938
December 1938 159|159.1 Essay Letter (Astounding, December 1938): Somebody Doesn't Like Wert! Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938
March 1939 137 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, April 1931) Amazing Stories, March 1939
January 1941 76 Essay Letter (A Canadian Versus an Englishman) Science Fiction, January 1941
January 1941 20 Short Fiction The Phantom Train Uncanny Tales, January 1941
June 1941 50 Short Fiction Dancing Partner Uncanny Tales, June 1941
July 1941 14 Short Fiction A Dictator Dies Eerie Tales, July 1941
December 1941 23 Short Fiction Salvage Job Future Combined with Science Fiction, December 1941
April 1943 Editor Light - 1943 Light, April 1943
December 1945 172 Essay Letter (Astounding Stories, December 1945): The Highest Frequencies Recorded on Records Run About 15,000 Cycles. Television Requires at Least 4,000,000 Cycles Per Second! Astounding Science Fiction, December 1945
July 1947 79 Essay Letter (Astounding, July 1947): Kahn Is Indeed a Medical Man—and Knows His Ships, if Not Spaceships, as Well. Astounding Science Fiction, July 1947
June 1948 112 Short Fiction Eemanu Grows Up Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June 1948
November 1950 100 Short Fiction The Day the Bomb Fell Amazing Stories, November 1950
November 1951 106 Short Fiction Playmate Imagination, November 1951
June 1956 152|152.1 Essay Letter (Astounding, June 1956) Astounding Science Fiction, June 1956

2 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1947 Chapbook Tinker Leslie A. Croutch
2022 Chapbook Playmate Leslie A. Croutch

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2019 Retro Hugo Award Best Fanzine Light - 1943 Nominee
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Year Publication Title
Cover August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946

Year Publication Title
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 Gehenna Canning Company
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 In Parry Sound
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 Martian
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 Mud Pack
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 Pete's Bottling Works
August 1946 Spectra, #1, August 1946 We Sell Things with Bottles in Them!