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Author: Francis Stevens

Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1884 – 1948), known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and (proto-)science fiction. Bennett wrote a number of stories between 1917 and 1923, and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy." (Note that Clare Winger Harris, the first woman to contribute under her own name to the first sf magazine, Amazing Stories, would not begin writing until 1926.) Stevens was an important influence on later sf writers, including A. Merritt.

THOMAS DUNBAR (8)

By: Francis Stevens

“Your strength is really almost limitless!”

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THOMAS DUNBAR (7)

By: Francis Stevens

“What are you all made of?” I gasped. “Cork?”

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THOMAS DUNBAR (6)

By: Francis Stevens

I picked him up from the ground as you would a kitten.

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THOMAS DUNBAR (5)

By: Francis Stevens

“I’m afraid I’ve spoiled your engine.”

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THOMAS DUNBAR (4)

By: Francis Stevens

And then, in my horror, I did a mad thing.

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THOMAS DUNBAR (3)

By: Francis Stevens

He was holding what looked like a peculiar piece of metal.

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THOMAS DUNBAR (2)

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He seemed to be possessed of a great scorn for all doctors.

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THOMAS DUNBAR (1)

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“Waves of whispering that washed all thought away…”

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FRIEND ISLAND (5)

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“Island or no island, Anita was a lady, too!”

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FRIEND ISLAND (4)

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“I named the island Anita.”

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FRIEND ISLAND (3)

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“It was all busted and split open by the lightning.”

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FRIEND ISLAND (2)

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What had scared Nelson Smith so much that he had swum to get away?

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FRIEND ISLAND (1)

By: Francis Stevens

“We cleared from Frisco with a cargo of silkateen petticoats.”

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