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Pen-names:
Ivar Jorgensen, Alexander Blade, F. W. Paul, Adam Chase, E.K. Jarvis, Mallory Storm,
P. F. Costello, Clee Garson

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"The Alien Dies at Dawn"
(as Alexander Blade)
© Imagination, Dec 1956

"The Beasts of the Void"
© Imagination, Apr 1956
--/ cool sf story
--/ rare find

"Brothers Beyond the Void"
© Fantastic Adventures, Mar 1952

"The Case of the Stripped Blonde"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, May 1956

"The Dog With A Weird Tale"
© Amazing Stories, Apr 1952

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"Flight of the Ark II"
(as Alexander Blade)
© Imaginative Tales, Jul 1956

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"The Gray Legions"
(as Mallory Storm)
© Amazing Stories, Mar 1952
--/ cool apocalyptic sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


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"I'll Think You Dead!"
© Imaginative Tales, Sep 1956

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"Jason and the Maker"
© Imaginative Tales, Jul 1956

"Kiss And Kill"
(as P. F. Costello)
© Amazing Stories, Dec 1950
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ adventure award
--/ rare find


"The Lure Of Galaxy A"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, Mar 1958

"The Man without a Planet" (nv)
(also as "Siege Perilous")
(with Lester Del Rey)
© 1966, Lancer Books
--/ cool sf novel

"The Metal Monster" (nv)
(as E. K. Jarvis)
© 1940, Amazing Stories
--/ cool sf novella
--/ rare find

"Pause in Battle"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, May 1957

"Pirates Of The Void"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, Jul 1957

"The Reluctant Genie"
(as P. F. Costello)
© Fantastic Adventures, 1949

"The Runaway"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, Nov 1956
--/ cool sf story
--/ rare find

"Siege Perilous" (nv)
(also as "The Man without a Planet")
(with Lester Del Rey)
© 1966, Lancer Books
--/ cool sf novel

"Something for the Woman"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Fantastic, Mar 1953

"Space Traveller's Revenge"
(as Ivar Jorgensen)
© Imaginative Tales, Jul 1956
--/ cool sf story
--/ rare find

"Strange Blood"
© Amazing Stories, Mar 1952

"The Third Ear"
© Other Worlds, Jun 1952

"The Valiant Die Hard!"
(as Adam Chase)
© Imaginative Tales, Nov 1956

"Wednesday Morning Sermon"
(as Alexander Blade)
© Imaginative Tales, Sep 1956
--/ cool sf story

"Zero Hour"
(as Alexander Blade)
© Imagination, Apr 1956

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