Howard Elmer Wandrei (24 September 1909 – 5 September 1956)Minnesota Death Certificates Index
Accessed May 21, 2009 was a United States artist and writer. He wrote over 200 stories that appeared in the magazines ''

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...

'', ''

Astounding ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', ''

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'', '' Black Mask'' and others. Wandrei wrote under his own name and as by Robert Coley and H.W. Guernsey. Wandrei is better remembered for his illustrations many of which were included in the books of his brother,

Donald Wandrei Donald Albert Wandrei (20 April 1908 – 15 October 1987)Minnesota Death Certificates Index
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. Several collections of Wandrei's stories were announced as forthcoming from

Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...

but were not published by Arkham House.

Fedogan & Bremer Fedogan & Bremer is a weird fiction specialty publishing house founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1985 by Philip Rahman and Dennis Weiler. The name comes from the nicknames of the two founders when they were in college. The first Fedogan and ...

has published several collections of Wandrei's stories using some of the same titles as the proposed Arkham House publications. A photograph of Howard Wandrei can be found at

Works

* '' Three Tales (Wandrei), Three Tales'' (

, 1995) * '' Time Burial'' (

, 1995) * '' The Last Pin'' (

F & B Mystery Fedogan & Bremer is a weird fiction specialty publishing house founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1985 by Philip Rahman and Dennis Weiler. The name comes from the nicknames of the two founders when they were in college. The first Fedogan and ...

, 1996) * '' Saith the Lord'' (

, 1996) (limited to 250 copies in wrappers; there were also 100 copies hardbound for insertion with the limited edition slipcased state of THE LAST PIN) * '' The Eerie Mr. Murphy'' (

, 2003)

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* * * * 1909 births 1956 deaths American horror writers American fantasy writers American illustrators American mystery writers American science fiction writers Artists from Saint Paul, Minnesota Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Minnesota Weird fiction writers {{US-fiction-writer-stub