WRITER

Frank Belknap Long

1901 - 1994

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Frank Belknap Long Jr. (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos alongside his friend, H. P. Lovecraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Belknap Long has received more than 214,207 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Belknap Long is the 4,967th most popular writer (up from 5,008th in 2019), the 6,933rd most popular biography from United States and the 555th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

Young extraterrestrials
Extraterrestrial beings, Science fiction, Short stories
Doorstep - short story by Keith Laumer Who's on First? - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony The Witness - novelette by Eric Frank Russell The Mississippi Saucer - short story by Frank Belknap Long Primary Education of the Camiroi - short story by R. A. Lafferty Tween - novelette by J. F. Bone Zoo - short story by Edward D. Hoch Subcommittee - novelette by Zenna Henderson Keyhole - short story by Murray Leinster Kindergarten - short story by James E. Gunn
1984
Horrors unknown
American Fantasy fiction, American Horror tales
1971
Mars Is My Destination
2016
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Parodies, imitations, English Horror tales, American Horror tales
An anthology of short fiction expanding and elaborating on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, edited by Ramsey Campbell. *New Tales* collects the following stories: "Crouch End" by Stephen King "The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio "The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley "Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes "Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell
1980
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
1971
Man the Martians Made
Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, science fiction, time travel, Fiction, science fiction, space exploration
2016
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Parodies, imitations, English Horror tales, American Horror tales
An anthology of short fiction expanding and elaborating on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, edited by Ramsey Campbell. *New Tales* collects the following stories: "Crouch End" by Stephen King "The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio "The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley "Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes "Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell
1980
Mars Is My Destination
2016
Man the Martians Made
Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, science fiction, time travel, Fiction, science fiction, space exploration
2016
Horrors unknown
American Fantasy fiction, American Horror tales
1971
Young extraterrestrials
Extraterrestrial beings, Science fiction, Short stories
Doorstep - short story by Keith Laumer Who's on First? - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony The Witness - novelette by Eric Frank Russell The Mississippi Saucer - short story by Frank Belknap Long Primary Education of the Camiroi - short story by R. A. Lafferty Tween - novelette by J. F. Bone Zoo - short story by Edward D. Hoch Subcommittee - novelette by Zenna Henderson Keyhole - short story by Murray Leinster Kindergarten - short story by James E. Gunn
1984
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
1971
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Parodies, imitations, English Horror tales, American Horror tales
An anthology of short fiction expanding and elaborating on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, edited by Ramsey Campbell. *New Tales* collects the following stories: "Crouch End" by Stephen King "The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio "The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley "Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes "Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell
1980
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
1971
Horrors unknown
American Fantasy fiction, American Horror tales
1971
Man the Martians Made
Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, science fiction, time travel, Fiction, science fiction, space exploration
2016
Mars Is My Destination
2016
Young extraterrestrials
Extraterrestrial beings, Science fiction, Short stories
Doorstep - short story by Keith Laumer Who's on First? - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony The Witness - novelette by Eric Frank Russell The Mississippi Saucer - short story by Frank Belknap Long Primary Education of the Camiroi - short story by R. A. Lafferty Tween - novelette by J. F. Bone Zoo - short story by Edward D. Hoch Subcommittee - novelette by Zenna Henderson Keyhole - short story by Murray Leinster Kindergarten - short story by James E. Gunn
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank Belknap Long ranks 4,967 out of 7,302. Before him are Kostas Varnalis, Nestor Kukolnik, István Fekete, Thomas Dekker, Adolf Brand, and Manuel Alegre. After him are Jean Cayrol, Gavino Ledda, Vasily Yan, Richard Hughes, Jakob van Hoddis, and William Dean Howells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Frank Belknap Long ranks 252. Before him are Karandash, Suzanne Lilar, Óscar Diego Gestido, Victor Leemans, František Halas, and Bud Houser. After him are Casiano Chavarría, Mercedes Comaposada, Reinhold Mack, Cecília Meireles, Ramón J. Sender, and Syama Prasad Mukherjee. Among people deceased in 1994, Frank Belknap Long ranks 247. Before him are Roger Bocquet, Arati Saha, Gennady Voronov, Willem Jacob Luyten, Alain Daniélou, and Bud Houser. After him are John Smith, Mercedes Comaposada, Rosa Chacel, Zoltán Beke, Delio Rodríguez, and Hans Jakob.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Belknap Long ranks 6,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Miller (1943), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), George Moscone (1929), Harriet Bland (1915), and John Forsyth (1780). After him are William Pinkney (1764), Neil Campbell (1946), Larry Fine (1902), James Franciscus (1934), Shonda Rhimes (1970), and Washington Allston (1779).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank Belknap Long ranks 555. Before him are Diane Ackerman (1948), Edmund Wilson (1895), Mark Frost (1953), Mary Oliver (1935), Paula Fox (1923), and Eben Alexander (1953). After him are William Dean Howells (1837), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Sidney Howard (1891), Joanna Russ (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), and William Gibson (1914).

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