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"Almussen's Comet"
(also as "The Seven Sleepers")
(Gerry Carlyle; Tony Quade)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award

"The Dual World"
(Gerry Carlyle)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1938
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


"Emotion Solution"
© Wonder Stories, Mar 1936
--/ rare find

"The Greeks Had a War for It"
(with Henry Kuttner)
(as Kelvin Kent)
(Pete Manx series)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jan 1941
--/ cool time sf story
--/ humour award
--/ rare find


"The Hothouse Planet"
(also as "Venus")
(Gerry Carlyle)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct 1937
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


"Interplanetary Hunter" (coll)
(Gerry Carlyle)
© Gnome Press, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf collection
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


"The Little Man Who Wasn't There"
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb 1941
 
"Satellite Five"
(also as "Jupiter")
(Gerry Carlyle)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct 1938
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award

"The Seven Sleepers"
(also as "Almussen's Comet")
(Gerry Carlyle; Tony Quade)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award

"Silence Is Golden"
(with Henry Kuttner)
(as Kelvin Kent)
(Peter Manx Series)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr 1940
Fantastic Story, May 1953
--/ cool time sf story
--/ humour award
--/ rare find


"Siren Satellite"
(also as "Neptune")
(Gerry Carlyle)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Win 1946
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award

"Swing Your Lady"
(with Henry Kuttner)
(as Kelvin Kent)
(Peter Manx Series)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Win 1944
--/ cool time sf story
--/ humour award
--/ rare find


"Trouble on Titan"
(also as "Saturn")
(Gerry Carlyle, Tony Quade)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb 1941
Interplanetary Hunter, 1956
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


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