major female writer fantasy science fiction united_states publishing stories pseudonym bennett wrote number highly acclaimed fantasies called woman invented dark fantasy famous books include claimed letter called compelling science fantasy novels read lost world novel citadel fear bennett wrote early novel heads life born minneapolis completed school eighth grade attended night school hopes illustrator goal achieved instead began working job held rest life married british journalist explorer moved philadelphia year later husband died expedition new born daughter raise bennett continued working father died end world war bennett assumed care invalid mother time period bennett began write number short stories novels stopping mother died moved california bennett estranged daughter number years researchers believed bennett died date final letter daughter new research including death certificate shows died writing career bennett wrote short story age science fiction story titled curious experience thomas story pulp magazines story accepted published march issue bennett began care mother decided return fiction writing means supporting family story completed return writing nightmare appeared story weekly story set island separated rest world evolution taken different course nightmare resembles rice land time forgot published year later bennett submitted nightmare asked use pseudonym published magazine editor chose use pseudonym bennett suggested instead credited story readers responded positively story bennett chose continue writing years bennett wrote number short stories short story friend island story weekly example set 22nd century ruled women story man possessed supernatural creature story released electronic book entitled possessed tale demon stories short stories collected nightmare tales dark fantasy published best novel citadel fear lost world story focuses forgotten city rediscovered world war introduction reprint edition novel revealed time bennett pen year later published science fiction novel heads thrill book novels book features grey dust silver transports philadelphia bennett famous novels claimed reprinted supernatural artifact summons ancient powerful god 20th century new_jersey called novel compelling science fantasy novels read influence bennett credited having best claim creating new genre dark fantasy said bennett writings influenced emulated bennett earlier style themes said praised bennett work controversy actually happened praise appears resulted letters attributed decades critics readers believed pseudonym rumor ended featured biographical introduction bennett critic said greatest woman writer science fiction period bennett american woman fantasy science fiction widely published recognized recent years pioneering female fantasy author novels citadel fear reprinted february paperback form labyrinth serialized story weekly july august august later reprinted paperback novel heads 1st book edition cloth leather backed reading subsidiary fantasy inc ill intro thrill book august reprinted paperback novel serialized august september reprinted claimed reprinted cloth paper publishers trade paperback hard cover short stories curious experience thomas march nightmare story weekly april friend island story weekly september reprinted mars edited curtain story weekly september reprinted famous fantastic mysteries january unseen reprinted edited trap july serialized june june july reprinted july original printed parts july august weird tales september reprinted trade paperback collections possessed tale demon contains retitled short stories curtain trap unseen nightmare tales dark fantasy contains stevens known short fiction curious experience thomas nightmare labyrinth curtain unseen trap
Gertrude Barrows Bennett