Anthony Melville Rud (11 January 1893 – 30 November 1942) was an American writer and

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editor. Some of his works were published under the pen names R. Anthony, Ray McGillivary, and Anson Piper.

Biography

Anthony Melville Rud was born in

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, to Dr. Anthony Rud (1867–1928), an immigrant from

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, Norway, and Dr. Alice Florence (Piper) Rud (1871–1941). Rud attended St. John's Military School in

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, and graduated from

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in 1914. He also studied at

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in Chicago. As an author, he worked in several genres, including

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, horror and

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. His notable works include science fiction/horror/detective story ''Ooze'' (1923), which appeared in the first issue of ''

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'' and also featured in the book collection ''The Moon Terror'' published by ''Weird Tales'' (anonymously edited by

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).Hulse, Ed. ''The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction''. Murania Press, Morris Plains, New Jersey, 2018, (p. 56, 140, 189) Rud authored a science fiction novel named ''The Stuffed Men'' (1934). Rud contributed stories to ''Weird Tales,'' '' Argosy'', ''

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'', '' Golden Fleece Historical Adventure'' and other magazines. He was the fourth editor of ''Adventure'' magazine from 15 October 1927 to 15 February 1930. Rud also edited ''

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'' in 1938 for

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. He died in New York City at age 49.

Selected short stories

* ''A Square of Canvas'' (1923) * ''The Forty Jars'' (1923) * ''The Parasitic Hand'' (1926) * ''The Endocrine Monster'' (1927) * ''The Witch-Baiter'' (1927) * ''The Spectral Lover'' (1928) * ''The Place of Hairy Death'' (1934) * ''Bellowing Bamboo'' (1934)

Novellettes

* '' Ooze'' (1923)

Novellas

* ''The Devil's Heirloom'' (1922)

Novels

* ''The Last Grubstake'' (1922) * ''The Second Generation'' (1923) * ''The Sentence of the Six-Gun'' (1926) * ''The Rose Bath Riddle'' (1934) * ''House of the Damned'' (1934) * ''The Stuffed Men'' (1934) * ''Black Creek Buckaroo'' (1941)

Collections

* ''The Place of Hairy Death and Other Stories'' (2015) * ''The Vengeance of the Wah Fu Tong (The Complete Cases of Jigger Masters, Volume 1)'' (2018)

References

External links

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Anthony M. Rud
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