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Amelia Reynolds Long  was an American [[SF]] and mystery writer.  She is remembered today mainly because one of her stories, "The Thought-Monster," was made into the 1958 MGM horror film ''Fiend Without a Face''.  She is known to some [[SF fans]] because she co-wrote the 1936 novel ''Behind the Evidence'' with SF personality [[William L. Crawford]] (under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds).
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'''Amelia Reynolds Long''' was a [[Pennsylvania]] [[SF]] and mystery writer.  She is remembered today mainly because one of her stories, "The Thought-Monster," was made into the 1958 MGM [[horror]] film ''Fiend Without a Face''.  She is known to some [[SF fans]] because she co-wrote the 1936 [[novel]] ''Behind the Evidence'' with SF personality [[William L. Crawford]] (under the combined [[pseudonym]] [[Peter Reynolds]]).
  
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Long wrote under her full name but also used the bylines of Amelia R. Long, A. R. Long, Adrian Reynolds, Patrick Laing, Mordred Weir, and Kathleen Buddington Coxe (a pseudonym used by Long when she co-authored work with her friend Edna McHugh).
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Long wrote under her full name but also used the bylines of '''Amelia R. Long, A. R. Long, Adrian Reynolds, Patrick Laing, Mordred Weir''', and '''Kathleen Buddington Coxe''' (a pseudonym used by Long when she co-authored work with her friend Edna McHugh).
  
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Long was involved in [[SF fandom]] around the time she was writing short stories for the pulps.  Two of her letters to editors appeared in ''[[Astonishing Stories]]'' (October 1940 issue) and ''[[Startling Stories]]'' (March, 1939).  She also wrote letters to "The Eyrie" of ''[[Weird Tales]]'' magazine; and one of them was published in the November 1931 issue.
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Long was involved in [[SF fandom]] around the time she was writing short stories for the [[pulps]].  She had a [[loc]] in [[Harry Warner]]’s ''[[Spaceways]]'' in February 1939.  Her letters appeared in ''[[Astonishing Stories]]'' (October 1940 issue), ''[[Startling Stories]]'' (March, 1939) and "The Eyrie" of ''[[Weird Tales]]'' magazine (November 1931).
  
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A "neglected author" article on Long by Jon D. Swartz was published in {{TNFF|date=February, 2018|volume=77|number=2}}.
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*{{SFE|name=long_amelia_reynolds}}.
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*[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?12165 Bibliography at ISFDB.]
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*[https://amelialong.tripod.com/ Tribute website.]
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*"Neglected author" article on Long in {{TNFF|date=February, 2018|volume=77|number=2}}.
  
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Revision as of 08:00, 17 August 2021

(November 25, 1904 – March 26, 1978)

Amelia Reynolds Long was a Pennsylvania SF and mystery writer. She is remembered today mainly because one of her stories, "The Thought-Monster," was made into the 1958 MGM horror film Fiend Without a Face. She is known to some SF fans because she co-wrote the 1936 novel Behind the Evidence with SF personality William L. Crawford (under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds).

Long wrote under her full name but also used the bylines of Amelia R. Long, A. R. Long, Adrian Reynolds, Patrick Laing, Mordred Weir, and Kathleen Buddington Coxe (a pseudonym used by Long when she co-authored work with her friend Edna McHugh).

Long was involved in SF fandom around the time she was writing short stories for the pulps. She had a loc in Harry Warner’s Spaceways in February 1939. Her letters appeared in Astonishing Stories (October 1940 issue), Startling Stories (March, 1939) and "The Eyrie" of Weird Tales magazine (November 1931).


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