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D. W. Barefoot
Best known today for a wide-ranging body of North Carolina history and folklore, this writer also published science fiction, including the novel Morley's Weapon. The mix of regional storytelling and old-school pulp adventure gives the work an unusual charm.
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Morley's Weapon
by D. W. Barefoot
About the author
Available sources identify D. W. Barefoot as Daniel W. Barefoot, a North Carolina author whose work spans history, folklore, and fiction. He is credited with Morley's Weapon, a science-fiction novel first published in Planet Stories in 1954 and later made available through Project Gutenberg.
Other reliable sources show a much broader writing career under the fuller name Daniel W. Barefoot. NCpedia lists him as a contributor on North Carolina history topics, and bookseller and book database pages connect him with titles on haunted history and regional legend, including Seaside Spectres, Piedmont Phantoms, and related works.
Some contemporary biographical pages also describe him as a retired attorney, public speaker, historian, and magician. Because the available sources connect both "D. W. Barefoot" and "Daniel W. Barefoot" to the same body of work, the safest picture is of a versatile writer whose interests ranged from speculative fiction to local history and supernatural folklore.