author
H. A. Hartzell
Known today mainly for the whimsical fantasy tale Death and Taxes, this elusive mid-century writer left behind a small but memorable footprint in classic magazine science fiction.
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Death and Taxes
by H. A. Hartzell
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author appears to be widely available online. What can be confirmed is that H. A. Hartzell is credited with Death and Taxes, a fantasy story first published in Worlds of If in May 1962 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg.
Listings on book and bibliography sites also connect the name to later anthology appearances, which suggests a small but continuing presence among readers of vintage speculative fiction. Because reliable personal details are scarce, Hartzell is best introduced through the work itself: light, playful, and rooted in the magazine science-fiction world of the early 1960s.
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