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The Malignant Entity

Otis Adelbert Kline

First published May 1924
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Dr. Dorp #2

Synopsis

The body of Professor Townsend is found in his lab, with all flesh cleaned from his skeleton. Police officers investigating are later found in the same condition. It turns out that the professor had created a form of life capable of quickly eating flesh.<br> Available on page 234, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.

Publications (12)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1924 Weird Tales, May-June-July 1924 The Rural Publishing Corp. MAGAZINE 19
June 1926 Amazing Stories, June 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 272
October 1934 Amazing Stories Quarterly, Fall 1934 Teck Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 120
October 1934 Amazing Stories Quarterly, Fall 1934 Teck Publications, Inc. (Canada) MAGAZINE 120
January 1946 Strange Offspring Utopian Publications Ltd. Anthology 23
February 1966 Amazing Stories, February 1966 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 90
November 2004 Weird Tales, May-June-July 1924 Girasol Collectables Anthology 19
September 2016 The Malignant Entity Endymion Press Chapbook
December 2017 The Malignant Entity Roy Glashan's Library Chapbook
2019 Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 19|10402019
September 2022 Compelling Science Fiction Flame Tree Press Anthology 174
January 2025 Weird Tales: The Best of the 1920s Centipede Press Anthology 117|117.2