I have compiled a list of Robert Spencer Carr's credits. I believe this to be as complete a record as exists on the Internet:
- "The Composite Brain" in Weird Tales (short story, Mar. 1925)
- "The Flying Halfback" in Weird Tales (short story, Sept. 1925)
- "Spider-Bite" in Weird Tales (short story, June 1926)
- "The Caves of Kooli-Kan" in Weird Tales (poem, Nov. 1926)
- "Soul-Catcher" in Weird Tales (short story, Mar. 1927)
- "Phantom Fingers" in Wierd Tales (short story, May 1927)
- "Fog-Faces" in Weird Tales (poem, June 1927)
- "Beethoven" in Weird Tales (poem, Aug. 1927)
- The Rampant Age (novel, Jan. [?] 1928; serialized in The Smart Set, 1927; adapted to film, 1930)
- "The Chant of the Grave-Digger" in Weird Tales (poem, Jan. 1928)
- "Whispers" in Weird Tales (short story, Apr. 1928)
- Hot Stuff (film, screenplay co-credit by Carr from his story "Bluffers")
- Why Leave Home? (film, adaptation by Carr from a play by Russell G. Medcraft and Norman Mitchell)
- "Puppy Love in College Life (short story, Summer 1928)
- "Bright Young Laughter" in Everybody’s Combined with Romance (short story, Aug. 1929)
- "Studio Party" in Everybody’s Combined with Romance (short story, Sept. 1929)
- "Border Incident" in The Saturday Evening Post (Nov. 20, 1943)
- The Bells of Saint Ivan’s (May 8, 1944)
- "Lie Detector" in Liberty (Mar. 4, 1944)
- "Morning Star" in The Saturday Evening Post (novelette, Dec. 6, 1947)
- The Room Beyond (novel, Sept. 30, 1948)
- "Nightmare at Dawn" or "Easter Eggs" in The Saturday Evening Post (novelette, Sept. 24, 1949; also called "Those Men From Mars" and "The Invaders")
- "The Laughter of the Stars" in The Blue Book (August 1950; later retitled "Beyond Infinity" and reprinted in Beyond Infinity)
- Beyond Infinity (collection of four novellas or novelettes, including the new story “Mutation,” 1951; 1954)
- "Murder in Moscow" in The Blue Book (short story, Jan. 1951)
- "The Dictator’s Double" in The Saturday Evening Post (short story, Nov. 1, 1952)
- "The Coming of the Little People" in The Blue Book (novelette, Nov. 1952)
- The Invaders (novel, 1954--a British edition)
- "The Coming of the Little People" in The Blue Book (novelette, Nov. 1952; reprinted in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, Mar. 1964)
- "Hurricane Pass" in the Clearwater Sun (story, date unknown)
In 1952, Carr moved to Clearwater, Florida, and began teaching at the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center. After working for a time as a salesman, he accepted a position at the University of South Florida as a professor of creative writing. Even after retiring he continued to teach at local art centers. Robert Spencer Carr died on April 28, 1994, in Dunedin, Florida. He was eighty-five years old.
Robert S. Carr's Stories and Poems in Weird Tales
See the list above.
Further Reading
In chronological order:
- "The Ukraine Today," review of The Bells of St. Ivan's, by Nina Brown Baker, New York Times, May 7, 1944, p. BR7.
- "Books of the Times" by Orville Prescott, New York Times, May 8, 1944, p. 17.
- "Of Fantasy and Spirit," review of The Room Beyond, by Charles Lee, New York Times, Oct. 17, 1948, p. BR47.
- Book of the Dead by E. Hoffman Price (2001)
- "Robert Spencer Carr and the Pickled Aliens Hoax" by Damon C. Sasser on the blog R.E.H.: Two-Gun Raconteur, Aug. 12, 2011, here.
- "Robert Spencer Carr as a Fortean" by Joshua B. Buhs on his blog, From an Oblique Angle, June 28-Aug. 17, 2014, here.
Beyond Infinity by Robert Spencer Carr in the hardbound edition of 1951 with cover art by Hannes Bok. |
Beyond Infinity (1954), the paperback edition with cover art by Richard Powers. |
Text copyright 2014, 2023 Terence E. Hanley
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