author
1921–1990
A prolific Golden Age science fiction writer, Chester S. Geier filled the pulp magazines of the 1940s and 1950s with imaginative tales of strange worlds, future technology, and supernatural mystery. He also wrote under several pseudonyms, leaving behind a varied and adventurous body of work.

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier

by Chester S. Geier
Chester S. Geier (1921–1990) was an American science fiction writer and editor who began publishing genre fiction with “A Length of Rope” in Unknown in April 1941. He became a frequent contributor to the Ziff-Davis magazines Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, while also writing mystery and Western fiction.
Geier published under his own name and pseudonyms including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P. F. Costello, Warren Kastel, S. M. Tenneshaw, Gerald Vance, and Peter Worth. He was deaf from the age of twelve and collaborated with writer William L. Hamling, who could communicate with him through sign language. His work includes Forever Is Too Long, Hidden City, Outlaw in the Sky, and numerous short stories, several of which have been reissued in modern collections.