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Evelyn Goldstein

A little-known science fiction writer from the 1950s, she published imaginative short stories in genre magazines during the early years of paperback and pulp SF. Her work survives today through bibliographic records and public-domain archives, giving modern readers a glimpse of that era’s adventurous storytelling.

2 Audiobooks

Land Beyond the Flame

Land Beyond the Flame

by Evelyn Goldstein

The recalcitrant

The recalcitrant

by Evelyn Goldstein

About the author

Evelyn Goldstein was a science fiction writer whose known work appeared mainly in the 1950s. Bibliographic records collected by the Internet Speculative Fiction Database list stories including The Land Beyond the Flame, The Recalcitrant, Hour of Surprise, and God of the Mist, showing a steady run of short fiction across the decade.

A fan reference at Fancyclopedia notes that magazine blurbs described her as a Brooklyn housewife and highlighted the perspective she brought to her stories. Because so little biographical information seems to be widely documented, details about her life remain scarce, and some reference sources even suggest the name may have been a pseudonym.

Her stories are still accessible in part through Project Gutenberg’s author listings, which helps keep this small but intriguing corner of mid-century science fiction in circulation for new readers.