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Seabury Quinn
QUINN, Seabury, 1889–1969
- Born
- 1 January 1889, Washington, D.C., United States (Seabury Grandin Quinn). SFE dates the birth December 1889.
- Died
- 24 December 1969
- Note
- American lawyer, journalist, and pulp writer. Principal magazine market: Weird Tales. Best known for the Jules de Grandin occult-detective series.
Influence
Quinn was among the most frequent contributors to Weird Tales. The Library holds twenty-three Quinn texts in their magazine form: The Werewolf of St. Bonnot (May–June–July 1924), a Weird Crimes essay; and twenty-two Jules de Grandin tales—The Horror on the Links (October 1925), The Tenants of Broussac (December 1925), The Vengeance of India (April 1926), The Dead Hand (May 1926), The House of Horror (July 1926), Ancient Fires (September 1926), The Great God Pan (October 1926), The Grinning Mummy (December 1926), The Man Who Cast No Shadow (February 1927), The Blood-Flower (March 1927), The Veiled Prophetess (May 1927), The Curse of Everard Maundy (July 1927), Creeping Shadows (August 1927), The White Lady of the Orphanage (September 1927), The Poltergeist (October 1927), The Gods of East and West (January 1928), Mephistopheles and Company, Ltd. (February 1928), The Jewel of Seven Stones (April 1928), The Serpent Woman (June 1928), Body and Soul (September 1928), Restless Souls (October 1928), and The Silver Countess (October 1929).
Launch bibliography
| Title | Form | First publication | Call number | Where to read |
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| The Werewolf of St. Bonnot | Essay | First published in Weird Tales, vol. 4, no. 2 (May–June–July 1924). Essay. Weird Crimes no. 6. Distinct from Quinn’s 1930 story The Wolf of St. Bonnot. | WF Q56.W52 1924 |
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| The Horror on the Links | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, October 1925 (vol. 6, no. 4). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. First appearance of the series. | WF Q56.H67 1925 |
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| The Tenants of Broussac | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, December 1925 (vol. 6, no. 6). Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.T46 1925 |
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| The Vengeance of India | Short story | First published in Weird Tales, April 1926 (vol. 7, no. 4). Short story. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.V46 1926 |
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| The Dead Hand | Short story | First published in Weird Tales, May 1926 (vol. 7, no. 5). Short story. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.D43 1926 |
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| The House of Horror | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, July 1926 (vol. 8, no. 1). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.H68 1926 |
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| Ancient Fires | 1926 | First published in Weird Tales, September 1926 (vol. 8, no. 3). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.A53 1926 |
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| The Great God Pan | Short story | First published in Weird Tales, October 1926 (vol. 8, no. 4). Short story. Jules de Grandin. Separate from Arthur Machen’s 1894 novella of the same name. | WF Q56.G74 1926 |
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| The Grinning Mummy | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, December 1926 (vol. 8, no. 6). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.G75 1926 |
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| The Man Who Cast No Shadow | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, February 1927 (vol. 9, no. 2). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.M36 1927 |
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| The Blood-Flower | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, March 1927 (vol. 9, no. 3). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.B56 1927 |
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| The Veiled Prophetess | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, May 1927 (vol. 9, no. 5). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.V45 1927 |
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| The Curse of Everard Maundy | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, July 1927 (vol. 10, no. 1). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.C87 1927 |
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| Creeping Shadows | Short story | First published in Weird Tales, August 1927 (vol. 10, no. 2). Short story. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.C74 1927 |
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| The White Lady of the Orphanage | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, September 1927 (vol. 10, no. 3). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.W45 1927 |
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| The Poltergeist | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, October 1927 (vol. 10, no. 4). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.P65 1927 |
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| The Gods of East and West | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, January 1928 (vol. 11, no. 1). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.G63 1928 |
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| Mephistopheles and Company, Ltd. | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, February 1928 (vol. 11, no. 2). Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.M47 1928 |
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| The Jewel of Seven Stones | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, April 1928 (vol. 11, no. 4). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.J49 1928 |
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| The Serpent Woman | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, June 1928 (vol. 11, no. 6). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.S47 1928 |
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| Body and Soul | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, September 1928 (vol. 12, no. 3). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.B63 1928 |
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| Restless Souls | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, October 1928 (vol. 12, no. 4). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.R47 1928 |
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| The Silver Countess | Novelette | First published in Weird Tales, October 1929 (vol. 14, no. 4). Novelette. Jules de Grandin. | WF Q56.S55 1929 |
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Where to read
In this Library: The Werewolf of St. Bonnot · The Horror on the Links · The Tenants of Broussac · The Vengeance of India · The Dead Hand · The House of Horror · Ancient Fires · The Great God Pan · The Grinning Mummy · The Man Who Cast No Shadow · The Blood-Flower · The Veiled Prophetess · The Curse of Everard Maundy · Creeping Shadows · The White Lady of the Orphanage · The Poltergeist · The Gods of East and West · Mephistopheles and Company, Ltd. · The Jewel of Seven Stones · The Serpent Woman · Body and Soul · Restless Souls · The Silver Countess. Return to the Reading Room or the Card Catalog.