Howard Wandrei

Howard Elmer Wandrei
Born	September 24, 1909 Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Died	September 5, 1956 (aged 46) Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Pen name	H. W. Guernsey, Robert Coley
Occupation	Artist, short story writer
Nationality	United States
Genre	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Relatives	Donald Wandrei (brother)

Howard Elmer Wandrei (September 24, 1909 – September 5, 1956)^[1] was a US artist and writer. He wrote over 200 stories that appeared in the magazines Weird Tales. Astounding, Esquire, Black Mask and others. He wrote under his own name and as by Robert Coley and H.W. Guernsey.

Wandrei is better remembered for his illustrations^[2] many of which were included in the books of his brother, Donald Wandrei.

Several collections of Wandrei's stories were announced as forthcoming from Arkham House^[3] but were not published by Arkham House.

Fedogan & Bremer has published several collections of Wandrei's stories using some of the same titles as the proposed Arkham House publications.

A photograph of Howard Wandrei can be found at:

Works

• Three Tales (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
• Time Burial (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
• The Last Pin (F & B Mystery, 1996)
• Saith the Lord (F & B Mystery, 1996) (limited to 250 copies in wrappers; there were also 100 copies hardbound for insertion with the limited edition slipcased state of THE LAST PIN)
• The Eerie Mr. Murphy (Fedogan & Bremer, 2003)

Notes

1. Minnesota Death Certificates Index. Accessed 21 May 2009
2. Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 995. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
3. Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 211. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.

References

• Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 995. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
• Sullivan, Jack (1986). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking Press. pp. 449–450. ISBN 0-670-80902-0.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 466. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.

External links

• Howard Wandrei at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database