Bruce Walter Gardner Lively Stacy Elliott (May 30, 1914 – March 21, 1973) was an American writer of

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, science fiction, and television scripts. He was also a

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who wrote several books on magic. Eliott co-founded the magicians' magazine ''Phoenix'' with

Walter B. Gibson Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an Americans, American writer and professional magic (illusion), magician, best known for his work on the pulp magazine, pulp fiction character ''The Shadow''. Gibson, under the ...

, as assistant editor, later editor. Elliott's 15 stories in ''The Shadow'' magazine between 1946 and 1948 (issues #306-320) include three stories in which the Shadow does not appear in his costumed identity. Elliott contributed material to '' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', including the acclaimed reverse- werewolf story "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954) and a comic fantasy about

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, "The Devil Was Sick". Darrell Schweitzer, "The Devil" in

S. T. Joshi Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. Career His literary criticis ...

, ed., ''Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: an Encyclopedia of our Worst Nightmares'' (Greenwood, 2007), (p. 178) In November 1972, Elliott was hit by a taxi cab driver, lapsed into a coma, and died four months later on March 21, 1973. He was 58 years old.

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