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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Earl Peirce, Jr. (1917-1983)

Earl Stanley Peirce, Jr.
Aka Earl Pierce; Earl Pierce, Jr.; Earl Peirce
Born February 28, 1917, Laramie, Wyoming
Died June 6, 1983, Newton, New Jersey

My first entry here was in error. For a new series on Earl Peirce, Jr., click here.

Stories by Earl Peirce, Jr., in Weird Fiction Magazines
"Doom of the House of Duryea" in Weird Tales (Oct. 1936)
"The Last Archer" in Weird Tales (Mar. 1937; reprinted in Startling Mystery Stories, Summer 1968)
"The Death Mask" in Weird Tales (Apr. 1937)
"The Homicidal Diary" in Weird Tales (Oct. 1937)
"The White Rat," with Bruce Bryan, in Weird Tales (Sept. 1938) 
"Satan Fills the Morgue" in Strange Detective Mysteries (Nov./Dec. 1938)
"The Stroke of Twelve" in Weird Tales (June/July 1939)
"Portrait of a Bride" in Weird Tales (Jan. 1940)
"Legacy of the Dead" in Terror Tales (July 1940) 
"The Shadow of Nirvana" in Strange Stories (Feb. 1941)

 Letters in "The Eyrie"
Nov. 1935
June 1936
Nov. 1936
July 1937

Text copyright 2017, 2023 Terence E. Hanley
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9 comments:

  1. D. JonesMay 18, 2017 at 10:35 AM

    Homidical Diary and Doom of the House of Duryea are online at Gutenberg.

    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31222/31222-h/31222-h.htm

    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32710/32710-h/32710-h.htm

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    1. Terence E. HanleyMay 19, 2017 at 9:34 PM

      D. Jones,

      Thanks for the links. Now we have at least two of Pierce's stories.

      TH

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  2. AnonymousJune 18, 2017 at 3:04 PM

    You've got the wrong person here. The writer was named "Peirce". He was a friend of Robert Bloch's in Milwaukee, c. 1935-37. Details at:

    https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.unknown/4905.1.1.2/mb.ashx


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    1. Terence E. HanleyJune 21, 2017 at 5:20 PM

      Anonymous,

      Thanks for the information and correction. I will work on correcting what I wrote when I can.

      TH

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    2. Terence E. HanleyMay 25, 2020 at 8:05 PM

      Hi, Anonymous,

      The corrections have begun. Your links are key in all of this. Thanks.

      TH

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  3. VestibuleMarch 22, 2020 at 6:43 AM

    Edward French has produced an audio reading of The Homicidal Diary. It's here-
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRW81_Dyx8

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    1. Terence E. HanleyMay 25, 2020 at 8:08 PM

      Thanks, Vestibule,

      I'm listening to the audio right now. It has just begun, but the reading and recording are good. That's not always true with video and audio on the Internet.

      TH

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  4. David SzweduikOctober 28, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    If you're interested, I just released a reading of Doom of the House of Duryea on my podcast, Faded Words.

    Such a fantastic story!

    https://aicpod.com/2020/10/27/doom-of-the-house-of-duryea-by-earl-peirce-jr/

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    1. Terence E. HanleyApril 23, 2021 at 5:35 PM

      Thank you, David,

      And happy listening to everyone who tunes in.

      TH

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