| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Jackson, Shirley |
Bulletin |
1954 MAR |
vi |
(1919-1965) born in San Francisco; 1940 BA from Syracuse Univ.; her 1st story pub. "Janice," in 1937; has coll. The Lottery(1949); novels Life Among the Savages(1953) & Raising Demons(1957), with her husband Stanley Edgar Hyman, a literary critic |
| |
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts |
1955 JAN |
ss |
lives in Vermont; has 1st novel, horror, The Road Through the Wall(1948); novels Hangsaman(1951), about Natalie Waite, a highly intelligent, sensitive, & possibly schizophrenic woman enrolled in an women's college; coll. The Magic of Shirley Jackson(1966) |
| |
Missing Girl, The |
1957 DEC |
ss |
her story "Louisa, Please," in Ladies' Home Journal, N-1960 EDG; her story "The Possibility of Evil" in PST 1965 DEC 18, W-1965 EDG; has novel The Bird's Nest(1954; made into 1957 movie Lizzie), based on an actual case history of multiple personality |
| |
Omen, The |
1958 MAR |
ss |
has fantasy novel The Sundial(1958); horror novels The Haunting of Hill House(1959; made into 1963, 1999 movies The Haunting), We Have Always Lived in the Castle(1962; 1991); colls. Come Along with Me(1968), Just an Ordinary Day(1997) |
| |
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts |
1979 OCT |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1955 JAN; see bios, "The Essential Writers: The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson" in TWZ 1984 JUL/AUG, & Judy Oppenheimer: Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson(1988, 1989); see website www.bhsalumni.net/sjack.htm |
| Jacobs, Harvey |
Egg of the Glak, The |
1968 MAR |
nv |
(1930- ) "afraid of flying, (he) wrote this story as a long farewell before one such flight"; his 1st story pub. in an sf mag. "In Seclusion" in NWS 1968 FEB; born in NYC, works for ABC-TV, has had stories in Midstream & PBY |
| |
Wide World of Sports, The |
1968 OCT |
ss |
has autobiography We Came Rejoicing: A Personal Memoir of the Years of Peace(1967); attended Syracuse Univ., in 1950s did PR work for the United Jewish Appeal, worked for the Village Voice, began working for ABC in 1958 |
| |
Dress Rehearsal |
1974 JUL |
ss |
has coll. The Egg of the Glak and Other Stories(1969) |
| |
Things Are Seldom |
1975 NOV |
ss |
has book Mrs. Portnoy's Retort: A Mother Strikes Back!(1969), with David Martin; has novel Summer on a Mountain of Spice(1975), currently being adapted for the stage |
| |
Three Comedians |
1976 MAY |
ss |
he has scripted a number of PBS documentaries & many of his stories have been used for TV |
| |
Where Did You Get My Number? |
1983 MAR |
ss |
has novel The Juror(1980) |
| |
Busby |
1983 DEC |
ss |
in an editor's note in 1984 MAR(#5113), Ferman apologizes for "any possible embarassment caused to sf writer F.M. Busby by this entirely unintentional & coincidental use of (his) name" (in the title of this story) |
| |
Man Who Came Close, The |
1984 DEC |
ss |
|
| |
Seymourlama |
1986 JAN |
ss |
this story was bought & made into a segment of the TV series, Tales from the Darkside(1984-88, 92 episodes) |
| |
Kitten Kaboodle and Sidney Australia |
1987 JUN |
ss |
has novel Beautiful Soup: A Novel for the 21st Century(1992), a satirical sf novel of a man in a society that has repudiated individuality who suddenly finds himself an outcast(B&C) |
| |
Toll Bridge, The |
1988 MAR |
ss |
has associational humprous novel, American Goliath: A Novel of the Cardiff Giant(1997; N-1998 WFA); see his website at www.lookoutnow.com |
| |
Goobers |
1998 JUL |
ss |
Jacobs reports with dismay that some theaters have been trying recently to substitute Goobers with Planters or even M&Ms; "while this may work for an audience raised on disposable diapers, it will never succeed with true cinephiles" |
| Jacobs, Rivka |
Milk of Paradise, The |
1985 JAN |
ss |
(1952- ) born in Philadelphia; lives in Huntington, WV, where she got a BA in History, MS in Sociology & taught sociology at Marshall Univ.; 1st story pub. "Experimentum Crucis" in Saberhagen(ed): A Spadefull of Spacetime(1981); now writes fulltime |
| Jaffray, Norman R. |
Cowboy Lament |
1954 JAN |
pm |
has pub. numerous poems to the Saturday Evening Post (PST), mostly in the late 1920s, but also one in 1934 JUN 16, & 1958 MAR 15 (the latter incorectly spelled his name as Jaffrey) |
| |
Thinker Needs a Wife, The |
1954 APR |
pm |
1st pub. in the amateur publication Destiny |
| |
Dual Cerebration |
1959 FEB |
pm |
|
| Jakes, John |
Crack-Up |
1954 SEP |
ss |
(1932- ) also in F&SF as John W. Jakes; has Dragonard ser., novels When the Star Kings Die(1967), The Planet Wizard(1969), Tonight We Steal the Stars(1969); coll. of a ser. Brak the Barbarian(1968); novels Six-Gun Planet(1970), Black in Time(1970) |
| |
Underfollow |
1963 MAY |
ss |
was terminated at Ohio State Univ. as an English teacher when it was learned that he was writing sf; in 9 years he has written 30 books & 130 stories; works in advertising; has coll. The Best of John Jakes(1977); anth. with Greenberg, New Trails(1994) |
| Jakes, John W. |
Machine |
1952 APR |
vi |
(1932- ) also in F&SF as John Jakes(1954 SEP, etc); 1st story pub. "The Dreaming Trees" in FAD 1950 NOV; used many ps. incl. house ps. Alexander Blade & S.M. Tenneshaw, active in many genres, has several historical books pub. as by Jay Scotland |
| James, Henry |
Friends of the Friends, The |
1953 JUL |
nv |
(1843-1916) 1st pub. in Chap Book, 1896 MAY, as "The Way It Came"; has colls. The Two Magics(1898), The Ghostly Tales of Henry James(1949); novel The Turn of the Screw(COL JAN 17-APR 16, 1898) made into movies The Innocents(1961), The Nightcomers(1971) |
| James, Kathleen |
Blind God's Eye, The |
1966 MAR |
nv |
(1935- ) ps. for Joyce Carstairs Hutchinson, born in Scotland; 1st story pub. "Manhunt" in NWS 1961 JUN as K.J.; as Wilhelmina Baird has 1st novel cyberpunk ser. Crashcourse(1993), Clipjoint(1994), PsyKosis(1995); Chaos Come Again(1996); iv LOC 1995 MAR |
| Janifer, Laurence M. |
Bag, The |
1964 FEB |
vi |
(1933-2002 ) ps. for Larry Marks Harris(& in F&SF as such), reverted in 1963 to his old family name; has novel Slave Planet(1963); also in F&SF w. authors Michael Kurland, S.J. Treibich, Michael Goldberg; Janifer Knave ser. incl. novel Survivor(1977), etc |
| Janifer, Laurence M. & Michael Kurland |
Elementary |
1964 SEP |
ss |
(1933-2002; 1938- ) Janifer an agent for writers, & a performing musician; this is Kurland's 1st pub. sf story, as is a novel with Chester Anderson, Ten Years to Doomsday(1964); Kurland's suspense novel A Plague of Spies(1969) won an Edgar Scroll Award |
| Janifer, Laurence M. & S.J. Treibich |
First Context |
1965 AUG |
vi |
(1933-2002; 1936-1972) wn. for Steven John Treibich, co-author w. Janifer of the Angelo di Stefano novel series, Target: Terra(1968), The High Hex(1969), & The Wagered World(1969); Janifer has coll. Impossible?(1968), novel Power(1970), Reel(1983) |
| Javor, F.A. |
Triumph of Pegasus, The |
1964 JUN |
nv |
(1916- ) working name for Francis Anthony Jaworski; born in New Jersey, a U.S. Naval photographer in WWII; 1st story pub. sf "Patriot" in ANA 1963 AUG; has Eli Pike series of sf novels The Rim-World Legacy(1967), Scor-Sting(1990), & The Ice Beast(1990) |
| Jeapes, Ben |
Pages Out of Order |
1997 SEP |
nv |
(1965- ) from U.K.; 1st story pub. "Digital Cats Come Out Tonight" in anth. Digital Dreams(1990); has 1st novels ya His Majesty's Starship(1998 U.K.; vt The Ark, U.S. 2000), Winged Chariot(2000); see iv in INZ 2000 OCT, www.jeapes.ndirect.co.uk/index.htm |
| Jeffries, Gregory G. |
Independence Day |
1980 APR |
ss |
ps. for Gary Jennings; story intro: "G.J. is an inventor & businessman who died in 2009 & was reborn in 1978. Perhaps reborn is the wrong word; Mr. J. was returned to this world a few years ago. Let him tell his incredible & fascinating story himself ..." |
| Jenkins, Powell Jr |
Mouse With the Twisted Foot, The |
1954 JAN |
ss |
his 1st pub. fiction; does chemical research for Navy rocket developments |
| Jennings, Dale |
Gingerbread Man, The |
1954 MAY |
vi |
(1928- ) 1st pub. fiction |
| Jennings, Gary |
Myrrha |
1962 SEP |
ss |
(1923-1999) N-1963 HUG, short fiction; Gary Gayne Jennings, born in Buena Vista, VA; studied with New York Art Students League, 1949-51; in U.S. Army, Infantry, 1952-54, as correspondent in Korea & earned Bronze Star; newspaper reporter 1958-61 |
| |
Murkle for Jesse, A |
1965 JUL |
ss |
won personal citation from South Korea for work w. war orphans; has nf young adult books ser., March of the Robots(1962, robots), March of the Heroes(1975, folk heroes), March of the Gods(1976), March of the Demons(1977, demons, goblins, ghosts & witches) |
| |
After All the Dreaming Ends |
1969 FEB |
ss |
has nf books for young adults, The Movie Book(1963), Black Magic, White Magic(1964); edited mens magazines Duke, & Gent in 1962-63 |
| |
Next |
1969 AUG |
ss |
has nf books for young adults, Parades!(1966), Personalities of Language(1967; rev. vt World of Words: The Personalities of Language, 1984), The Killer Storms(1970) |
| |
Tom Cat |
1970 JUL |
ss |
has nf books for young adults, The Teenager's Realistic Guide to Astrology(1971), The Shrinking Outdoors(1972, conservation of natural resources), The Earth Book(1974) |
| |
Specialization |
1971 JAN |
ss |
born in Virginia, now lives in Mexico, freelance writer |
| |
How We Pass the Time in Hell |
1971 NOV |
ss |
has nf book of Arizona gold mines, incl. that of the Lost Dutchman, The Treasure of the Superstition Mountains(1973) |
| |
Betty |
1972 JAN |
ss |
has novels The Terrible Teague Bunch(1975), The Rope in the Jungle(1976), Sow the Seeds of Hemp(1976) |
| |
Sooner or Later or Never Never |
1972 MAY |
nv |
1st story in his adventures of the Reverend Crispin Mobey series; Mobey might be described as "the inspector Clouseau of the ecclesiastic world" |
| |
Cribbing |
1976 DEC |
ss |
also in F&SF with co-author Mack Reynolds, & in F&SF 1980 APR under the ps. Gregory G. Jeffries, story title "Independence Day"(#4433) |
| |
Not With a Bang But With a Bleep |
1977 JUN |
nv |
2nd story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
| |
Lhude Sing Cuccu! |
1977 SEP |
nv |
3rd story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
| |
Kingdom Come |
1978 JAN |
nv |
4th story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
| |
Let Us Prey |
1978 JUN |
nv |
5th story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
| |
Be Jubilant My Feet! |
1978 DEC |
ss |
6th story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series; Mobey is a missionary of the Southern Primitive Protestant Church |
| |
Homo Sap |
1979 MAR |
nv |
7th story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series; has his best known historical novel, Aztec(1980), in which he "unfolds the story of the overthrow of the Native Mexicans through the voice of an amiable but wry adventurer named Mixtli"(CA, vol.59, p.196) |
