Francis Stevens
Bennett, Gertrude Mabel Barrows
September 18, 1883 – February 2, 1948 (aged 64)
Birth place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
55 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1917 | 1 | Short Fiction | The Nightmare | All-Story Weekly, April 14, 1917 |
| July 1918 | 577 | Serial | The Labyrinth (Part 1 of 3) | All-Story Weekly, July 27, 1918 |
| August 1918 | 67 | Serial | The Labyrinth (Part 2 of 3) | All-Story Weekly, August 3, 1918 |
| August 1918 | 325 | Serial | The Labyrinth (Part 3 of 3) | All-Story Weekly, August 10, 1918 |
| September 1918 | 37 | Short Fiction | Behind the Curtain | All-Story Weekly, September 21, 1918 |
| September 1918 | 193 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 1 of 7) | The Argosy, September 14, 1918 |
| September 1918 | 429 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 2 of 7) | The Argosy, September 21, 1918 |
| September 1918 | 691 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 3 of 7) | The Argosy, September 28, 1918 |
| September 1918 | 110 | Short Fiction | Friend Island | All-Story Weekly, September 7, 1918 |
| October 1918 | 131 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 4 of 7) | The Argosy, October 5, 1918 |
| October 1918 | 317 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 5 of 7) | The Argosy, October 12, 1918 |
| October 1918 | 525 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 6 of 7) | The Argosy, October 19, 1918 |
| October 1918 | 718 | Serial | Citadel of Fear (Part 7 of 7) | The Argosy, October 26, 1918 |
| February 1919 | 139 | Short Fiction | Unseen—Unfeared | People's Favorite Magazine, February 10, 1919 |
| July 1919 | 548 | Short Fiction | The Elf Trap | Argosy, July 5, 1919 |
| August 1919 | 177 | Serial | Avalon (Part 1 of 4) | Argosy, August 16, 1919 |
| August 1919 | 429 | Serial | Avalon (Part 2 of 4) | Argosy, August 23, 1919 |
| August 1919 | 632 | Serial | Avalon (Part 3 of 4) | Argosy, August 30, 1919 |
| August 1919 | 3 | Serial | The Heads of Cerberus (Part 1 of 5) | The Thrill Book, August 15, 1919 |
| September 1919 | 130 | Serial | Avalon (Part 4 of 4) | Argosy, September 6, 1919 |
| September 1919 | 66 | Serial | The Heads of Cerberus (Part 2 of 5) | The Thrill Book, September 1, 1919 |
| September 1919 | 104 | Serial | The Heads of Cerberus (Part 3 of 5) | The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919 |
| October 1919 | 103 | Serial | The Heads of Cerberus (Part 4 of 5) | The Thrill Book, October 1, 1919 |
| October 1919 | 103 | Serial | The Heads of Cerberus (Part 5 of 5) | The Thrill Book, October 15, 1919 |
| March 1920 | 321 | Serial | Claimed (Part 1 of 3) | Argosy, March 6, 1920 |
| March 1920 | 545 | Serial | Claimed (Part 2 of 3) | Argosy, March 13, 1920 |
| March 1920 | 134 | Serial | Claimed (Part 3 of 3) | Argosy, March 20, 1920 |
| June 1920 | 145 | Serial | Serapion (Part 1 of 4) | Argosy, June 19, 1920 |
| June 1920 | 337 | Serial | Serapion (Part 2 of 4) | Argosy, June 26, 1920 |
| July 1920 | 487 | Serial | Serapion (Part 3 of 4) | Argosy, July 3, 1920 |
| July 1920 | 119 | Serial | Serapion (Part 4 of 4) | Argosy, July 10, 1920 |
| July 1923 | 2 | Serial | Sunfire (Part 1 of 2) | Weird Tales, July-August 1923 |
| September 1923 | 48 | Serial | Sunfire (Part 2 of 2) | Weird Tales, September 1923 |
| April 1941 | 6 | Serial | Claimed (Complete Novel) | Famous Fantastic Mysteries, April 1941 |
| February 1942 | 6 | Serial | The Citadel of Fear (Complete Novel) | Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, February 1942 |
| July 1942 | 78 | Serial | Serapion (Complete Novel) | Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, July 1942 |
| October 1944 | 4 | Serial | Claimed (Complete Novel) | Super Science Stories (Canadian), October 1944 |
| November 1949 | 100 | Short Fiction | The Elf-Trap | Fantastic Novels Magazine, November 1949 |
| September 1952 | 170 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Astounding Science Fiction, September 1952 |
| October 1952 | 99 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 |
| November 1952 | 159 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Other Worlds, November 1952 |
| November 1952 | 103 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Space Science Fiction, November 1952 |
| December 1952 | 124 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952 |
| January 1953 | 143 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Startling Stories, January 1953 |
| June 1954 | 86 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Future Science Fiction, June 1954 |
| September 1984 | 34 | Review | The Citadel of Fear | Fantasy Review, September 1984 |
| March 1985 | 16 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Fantasy Review, March 1985 |
| June 1985 | 186 | Review | The Heads of Cerberus | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1985 |
| April 1986 | 188 | Review | Claimed | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986 |
| December 1987 | 45|45.03 | Review | Claimed | Science Fiction Chronicle, #99 December 1987 |
| December 2001 | 48|48.3 | Review | Claimed | Science Fiction Chronicle, #219 December 2001 |
| July 2006 | 369 | Review | The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy | Science Fiction Studies, July 2006 |
| November 2006 | 1 | Review | The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy | The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2006 |
| 8888 | |40 | Short Fiction | Impulse | The Thrill Book, December, 1919 |
| 8888 | |50 | Serial | untitled 2-part serial | The Thrill Book, December, 1919 |
19 English-language books
| Year | Type | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Novel | The Heads of Cerberus | Francis Stevens |
| 1966 | Novel | Claimed | Francis Stevens |
| 1970 | Novel | The Citadel of Fear | Francis Stevens |
| 1996 | Chapbook | Sunfire | Francis Stevens |
| 2003 | Chapbook | Nightmare! A Tale of Waking Terror | Francis Stevens |
| 2003 | Collection | Possessed: A Tale of the Demon Serapion | Francis Stevens |
| 2004 | Collection | The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy | Francis Stevens |
| 2008 | Novel | Claimed! | Francis Stevens |
| 2008 | Novel | Serapion | Francis Stevens |
| 2009 | Chapbook | Island of Nightmares | Francis Stevens |
| 2009 | Chapbook | The Nightmare | Francis Stevens |
| 2011 | Chapbook | Friend Island | Francis Stevens |
| 2015 | Novel | Citadel of Fear | Francis Stevens |
| 2018 | Omnibus | Claimed! and Avalon | Francis Stevens |
| 2018 | Chapbook | Nightmare | Francis Stevens |
| 2018 | Collection | Unseen—Unfeared and Other Stories | Francis Stevens |
| 2020 | Chapbook | Behind the Curtain | Francis Stevens |
| 2020 | Chapbook | Unseen—Unfeared | Francis Stevens |
| 2024 | Collection | The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories | Francis Stevens |
Dates of birth and death given by the Wikipedia and St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers differ. Birth is 1883 in Wiki, and 1884-09-08 in St. James. A 1900 census record gives her a September 1884 birth date. Death is given as 1948 in the Wiki and supported by a reference, 1939 in St. James.
Some sources list her year of birth as 1894. Hoppenstand, the editor of ''The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy'' cites the work of R. Alain Everts in determining her actual birth date. Hoppenstand also cites an autobiographical sketch, reprinted in the 1984 edition of ''Citadel of Fear'', which indicates that she also sold a much earlier story to Argosy, presumably "The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar".