William Gray Beyer was an American writer of science fiction

Science fiction

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 and mystery

Mystery fiction

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Biography

William Gray Beyer worked his way through the Drexel Institute by selling radio receivers. He worked at many jobs including taxi driving, sales, railroading and police work. He was active as a writer from 1939 to 1951 and his stories appeared in the pulp magazines of that period including Argosy

Argosy (magazine)

Argosy was an American pulp magazine, published by Frank Munsey. It is generally considered to be the first American pulp magazine. The magazine began as a general information periodical entitled The Golden Argosy, targeted at the boys adventure market.-Launch of Argosy:In late September 1882,...

. His book, Minions of the Moon

Minions of the Moon

Minions of the Moon is a science fiction novel by author William Gray Beyer, originally serialized in the magazine Argosy in 1939. It was published in book form in 1950 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000.-Plot introduction:...

was published by Gnome Press

Gnome Press

Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics.The company was founded in 1948 by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle. Many of Gnome's titles were reprinted in England by Boardman Books...

 in 1950.

Works

• Minions of the Moon
  Minions of the Moon
  Minions of the Moon is a science fiction novel by author William Gray Beyer, originally serialized in the magazine Argosy in 1939. It was published in book form in 1950 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000.-Plot introduction:...
  
  (1939)
• "Let 'Em Eat Space" (1939)
• "Minions of Mars" (1940)
• "Minions of Mercury" (1940)
• "Minions of the Shadow" (1941)
• Eenie, Meenie, Minie — Murder! (1945)
• Murder Secretary (1945)
• Death of a Puppeteer (1946)
• Murder by Arrangement (1948)
• "The Deadly Thinkers" (1951)
• Minions of the Shadow : and the other Mark Nevin-Omega novels (omnibus, 2003)

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