If you missed The 1930s…
Henry Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore in 1940. (The Internet is light on exact dates. Henry doesn’t mention being married or his wife in “Meet the Author” in March so it must have been later.) Artist, Virgil Finlay, was witness to the civil service. Sam Moskowitz wrote of it: “Virgil paid the Justice of the Peace $10, bought the bride a dubonnet and soda, and the career of the most famous writing team in science-fiction was launched.”
And more true words were never spoken. Marriage spurred both Henry and Catherine to increase their output, alone and together. (Henry wrote his first novel-length stories at this time.) Some researchers have tried to identify who wrote what. I have tried to include this where known but in many cases, your guess is as good as mine.
1940
“Death Has Three Sisters” (Thrilling Mystery, January 1940) as Kelvin Kent
“The Lifestone” (Astonishing Stories, February 1940) as Paul Edmonds
“Evil Paradise” (Thrilling Adventures, February 1940)
“Eunuchs in the Pulps” (Sweetness and Light, Winter 1940)
“Newts in Science Fiction” (Scienti-Snaps, February 1940)
“When New York Vanished” (Startling Stories, March 1940)
“Meet the Author” (Startling Stories, March 1940)
“All Is Illusion” (Unknown, April 1940) with C. L. Moore as Henry Kuttner
“Beauty and the Beast” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1940)
“Science Is Golden” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1940)
“50 Miles Down” (Fantastic Adventures, May 1940) as Peter Horn
“The Shining Man” (Fantastic Adventures, May 1940) as Noel Gardner
“Pegasus” (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, May-June 1940)
“The Seven Sleepers” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940) with Arthur K. Barnes
Dr. Cyclops (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1940) – unusual film tie-in before such things were common.
“Improbability” (Astonishing Stories, June 1940) as Paul Edmonds
“The Mad Virus” (Science Fiction, June 1940) as Paul Edmonds
“The Room of Souls” (Strange Stories, June 1940) as Keith Hammond
“Time to Kill” (Strange Stories, June 1940)
“Revolt on Half-Moon Island” (South Sea Stories, June 1940)
“Thoughts on the Worldstate” (Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1940) – perhaps his last fannish work. Kuttner’s writing was dedicated to pro sales now.
“No Man’s World” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1940)
“The Seal of Sin” (Strange Stories, August 1940)
“World Without Air” (Fantastic Adventures, August 1940)
“The Comedy of Era” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, September 1940) as Kelvin Kent
“Man About Time” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1940) as Kelvin Kent
“Evil Galatea” (Super-Detective, October 1940) as Paul Edmonds
“The Elixir of Invisibility” (Fantastic Adventures, October 1940)
“The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt” (Fantastic Adventures, October 1940) as Noel Gardner
“To Boatl and Back” (Strange Stories, October 1940)
A Million Years to Conquer (Startling Stories, November 1940)
“Reverse Atom” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940)
“City of Blood” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1940)
“Threshold” (Unknown, December 1940)
1941
“Dragon Moon” (Weird Tales, January 1941) – Kuttner’s final Sword & Sorcery tale.
“Remember Tomorrow” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1941)
“Blood on the River” (Thrilling Adventures, January 1941)
“Death Is My Daughter” (Strange Detective Mysteries, January 1941)
“Wings of the Bat” (Thrilling Mystery, January 1941)
“Hercules Muscles In” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1941) as Kelvin Kent
“Hunger After Dark” (Terror Tales, March 1941)
“The Jewels of Genghis Khan” (Thrilling Adventures, March 1941)
“Men Die Alone” (Thrilling Mystery, March 1941)
“Monsters of the Atom” (Super-Detective, April 1941)
“The Land of Time to Come” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1941)
“The Touching-Point” (Stirring Science Fiction, April 1941) as Edward J. Bellin
“Thunder Jim Wade” (Thrilling Adventures, May 1941) as Charles Stoddard – Thrilling Adventures answer to Doc Savage, I believe.
“Seven Keys to Doom” (Thrilling Mystery, May 1941)
“The Hills of Gold” (Thrilling Adventures, June 1941) as Charles Stoddard
“Tube to Nowhere” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1941)
“The Poison People” (Thrilling Adventures, July 1941) as Charles Stoddard
“The Wolf of Aragon” (Thrilling Adventures, July 1941)
“A Skull Has No Ears” (Thrilling Mystery, July 1941)
“Death in the Dark” (Thrilling Detective, July 1941)
“Mind Over Murder” (Spicy Mystery Stories, July 1941)
“The Sabotage Murders” (The Phantom Detective, July 1941) as Robert Wallace
“The Devil We Know” (Unknown, August 1941) with C. L. Moore as Henry Kuttner
“The Road to Yesterday” (Thrilling Adventures, August 1941)
“Who Killed Cock Robin?” (Writer’s Digest, August 1941)
“Tropic Hell” (Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1941)
“Waters of Death” (Thrilling Adventures, September 1941) as Charles Stoddard
“South of Soerabaya” (Thrilling Adventures, September 1941)
“The Tree of Life” (Astonishing Stories, September 1941) as Paul Edmonds
“The Blood Is the Life” (Thrilling Mystery, September 1941)
“A Gnome There Was” (Unknown, October 1941) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett
“The Ghost Wolves” (Thrilling Adventures, October 1941)
“The Old Army Game” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1941)
“Trouble in Eden” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1941) as Keith Hammond
“Chameleon Man” (Weird Tales, November 1941)
“Red Gem of Mercury” (Super Science Stories, November 1941)
“The Touching-Point” reprinted in Uncanny Tales, November 1941 as Edward J. Bellin
“Jungle Gems” (Thrilling Adventures, December 1941)
Next time 1942-1943… The Kuttners become even more prolific…
