Greye La Spina
Encyclopedia
Greye La Spina was an American
writer who published over one hundred short stories, serials, novelettes, one-act plays and short stories.
Her stories appeared in Metropolitan
, Black Mask, Action Stories
, Ten-Story Book, The Thrill Book, Weird Tales
, Modern Marriage, Top-Notch Magazine
, All-Story, Photoplay
, and many other magazines.
, Massachusetts
. Her father was a Methodist clergeyman. She was married to Ralph Geissler in 1898 and gave birth to a daughter, Celia, two years later. The following year, her husband died. In 1910 she married Baron Robert La Spina, an Italian
aristocrat.
Her first supernatural story, "The Wolf on the Steppes" was sold to Thrill Book in 1919. She won second place in Photoplay
magazine's 1921 short story contest gaining her a $2,500 prize. Her first book, Invaders from the Dark
, was published by Arkham House
in 1960.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer who published over one hundred short stories, serials, novelettes, one-act plays and short stories.
Her stories appeared in Metropolitan
Metropolitan Magazine (New York)
Metropolitan Magazine, known in its later years as Macfadden's Fiction Lover's Magazine, was a monthly periodical in the early 20th century with articles on politics and literature.-History:...
, Black Mask, Action Stories
Action Stories
Action Stories was a multi-genre pulp magazine published between September 1921 and Fall 1950, with a brief hiatus at the end of 1932.As an adventure pulp it did not feature the horror and science fiction of other pulp magazines. Instead it focused on real-world adventure stories...
, Ten-Story Book, The Thrill Book, Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
, Modern Marriage, Top-Notch Magazine
Top-Notch Magazine
Top-Notch Magazine was an American pulp magazine of adventure fiction that existed between 1910 and 1937. It was published by Street & Smith....
, All-Story, Photoplay
Photoplay
Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded a similar magazine entitled Motion Picture Story...
, and many other magazines.
Biography
La Spina was born Fanny Greye Bragg on July 10, 1880 in WakefieldWakefield, Massachusetts
-History:-Geography:The diagram above shows what is to the east, west, north, south, and other directions of the center of Wakefield. Towns with population above 25,000 are in bold italics.-Demographics:-Notable residents:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Her father was a Methodist clergeyman. She was married to Ralph Geissler in 1898 and gave birth to a daughter, Celia, two years later. The following year, her husband died. In 1910 she married Baron Robert La Spina, an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
aristocrat.
Her first supernatural story, "The Wolf on the Steppes" was sold to Thrill Book in 1919. She won second place in Photoplay
Photoplay
Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded a similar magazine entitled Motion Picture Story...
magazine's 1921 short story contest gaining her a $2,500 prize. Her first book, Invaders from the Dark
Invaders from the Dark
Invaders from the Dark is a horror novel by author Greye La Spina. It was published by Arkham House in 1960 in an edition of 1,559 copies. It was La Spina's first and only hardcover book.The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine...
, was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in 1960.
Selected short stories
- Death Has Red Hair (Weird Tales, September 1942)
- Great Pan Is Here (Weird Tales, November 1943)
- The Antimacassar (Weird Tales, May 1949)