Science Fiction: The Short Stuff discussion

David H. Keller, M.D., is credited for publishing at least nine novels, most in serial form spanning three months, of Amazing Stories, for example, or four months of Science Wonder Stories, and other magazines. In addition, he published slightly over 100 short stories, by my count, many of which were later gathered and published in various collections under the author's name. His fiction began appearing in 1928 and continued in a steady stream until 1953, when he appears to have retired from writing.

His stories have great range in style, explore numerous, imaginative themes, and almost always have an emotional, very human touch to them. They are usually in the genre of science fiction, but not always. I personally am most familiar with his weird stories, at least 11 of which were published in Weird Tales. His themes tend to be dark and sophisticated, making him one of my favorite authors. Because he wasn't much of a wordsmith, and wrote mostly social science fiction, I think he has been highly under rated by the public in general. On Amazon can be found two great collections of his short stories, each for 99 cents. You can't go wrong starting there if you're curious.