Bruce Elliott (writer)

Bruce Walter Gardner Lively Stacy Elliott (May 30, 1914 – March 21, 1973) was an American writer of mystery fiction, science fiction, and television scripts. He was also a magician who wrote several books on magic. Eliott co-founded the magicians' magazine Phoenix with Walter B. Gibson, as assistant editor, later editor.

Elliott's 15 stories in The Shadow magazine between 1946 and 1948 (issues #306-320 ) include three stories in which the Shadow does not appear in his costumed identity.

Elliott contributed material to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, including the acclaimed reverse-werewolf story "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954) and a comic fantasy about Satan, "The Devil Was Sick".

In November 1972, Elliott was hit by a taxi cab driver, lapsed into a coma, and died four months later on March 21, 1973. He was 58 years old.

Novels

 * The Planet of Shame (1961)
 * Asylum Earth (1968)
 * The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck (1970)

Short Fiction

 * "Jungle Jazz" (1944)
 * "They're Hustling You" (1948)
 * "Fearsome Fable" (1951)
 * "The Devil Was Sick" (1951)
 * The Battle of the S...s (1952)
 * "Asylum Earth" (1952)
 * The Last Magician (1953)
 * "So Sweet As Magic ..." (1953)
 * The Man Next Door (1953)
 * "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954)