author
Farnsworth Wright
1888–1940
Best known for shaping the golden era of Weird Tales, this American editor helped bring some of fantasy and horror’s most influential voices to a wide audience. He also wrote poetry and fiction of his own, sometimes under the pen name Francis Hard.
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After Two Nights of the Ear-ache
by Farnsworth Wright
About the author
Born in Santa Barbara, California, in 1888, he became one of the key editorial figures in early twentieth-century weird fiction. Before taking the helm at Weird Tales, he worked as a journalist and music critic, and he later guided the magazine through what many readers remember as its classic years.
During his long run as editor, he became closely associated with the rise of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. His editorial choices helped define the magazine’s mix of horror, fantasy, and the uncanny, giving it a lasting place in genre history.
He also published his own poems and stories, sometimes using the name Francis Hard. He died in 1940, but his influence on pulp-era fantasy and horror publishing has outlasted the magazine issues he once edited.