Was She the Dark Goddess in Human Form? A never reprinted pulp classic straight from the pages of the August 1941 Fantastic Adventures. One by one Dea Kirke's admirers disappeared; and day by day her magnificent pack of dogs grew larger. Again, the loveliest enchantress of all time cast her spell over men; and terror engulfs 1930s New York. Then dog owner Chet Baily finds his own champion competing against one of Dea Kirke's champions. Soon only his fiancee Jessica can recognize him, for Chet now has a new four-legged form.
Full name Nathaniel Schachner, also appearing as "Nathan Schachner" and under other bylines, was an American author. His first published story was "The Tower of Evil," written in collaboration with Arthur Leo Zagat and appearing in the Summer 1930 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly. Schachner, who was trained as a lawyer and a chemist, achieved his greatest success writing biographies of early American historical figures, after about a decade of writing science fiction short stories. Schachner was one of Isaac Asimov's favorite authors.