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Mary MacGregor

First published December 1942
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Attributed to Malcolm Jameson on cover. A letter in the February 1943 issue written under the name Mary MacGregor (Malcolm Jameson's wife) appears to complain about the error, stating "I know darn well I don't want my first and maybe only story to go down the chute as just another Jameson yarn." The fact that the magazine's only acknowledgement of the error is the letter itself, accompanied by the headline "We wuz wrong--and she wuz robbed!" may be clues that the letter is not to be taken at face value.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1942 Cover Unknown Worlds, December 1942 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 71
February 1943 Cover Unknown Worlds [UK], February 1943 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 2
November 2013 Cover The Fantastic Worlds of Malcolm Jameson Thunderchild Publishing Collection
September 2019 Cover The Fantastic Worlds of Malcolm Jameson Thunderchild Publishing Collection