author
De Lysle F. (De Lysle Ferrée) Cass
1887–1973
An early pulp-era fantasist, this Chicago-born writer published vivid short fiction in magazines before World War I, often mixing romance, adventure, and the exotic. His work has drawn later interest for its unusual tone and for a novel that surfaced long after it was written.
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The Airship Boys in the Great War; or, The Rescue of Bob Russell
by De Lysle F. (De Lysle Ferrée) Cass
About the author
De Lysle Ferrée Cass (1887–1973) was an American writer best known for fantasy short stories published in the early 1910s. Reliable sources agree that several of his stories appeared in Munsey magazines such as The All-Story, and modern reference pages note that his fiction stood out in its day for blending fantasy with a franker sensuality than many of its contemporaries.
He was born in Chicago, and later reference works connect him with Amherst College. Alongside his fantasy stories, bibliographic sources also associate him with other popular writing of the period, including adventure fiction.
Cass remains a relatively obscure figure, but he has continued to interest genre historians. Reference sources note that a novel of his, As It Is Written, was published decades later from an old manuscript, giving readers a rare second look at a writer whose main burst of publication came before World War I.