author
Earl Peirce
A pulp-era horror writer with a knack for eerie, atmospheric tales, this American author published a run of stories in Weird Tales during the late 1930s. His best-known work, "Doom of the House of Duryea," helped keep his name alive among fans of classic weird fiction.
2 Audiobooks
The Homicidal Diary
by Earl Peirce
Doom of the House of Duryea
by Earl Peirce
About the author
Earl Peirce, Jr. was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, active mainly in the 1930s and early 1940s. Sources consistently connect him with Weird Tales, where stories such as "Doom of the House of Duryea," "The Last Archer," "The Death Mask," and "The Homicidal Diary" appeared between 1936 and 1940.
He is also remembered as an occasional correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft and as a friend of fellow writer Robert Bloch. Readers interested in the Cthulhu Mythos often encounter his name because "Doom of the House of Duryea" is noted as one of his most enduring stories.
Reliable biographical details about his personal life are fairly sparse in the sources I could confirm. A bibliographic source identifies him as born in San Francisco, California, and several references give his lifespan as 1917 to 1983. I couldn't confirm a suitable portrait image from a trustworthy page, so none is included here.