Henry Hasse

Born in Indiana in 1913, Henry Hasse was an American science fiction writer associated with the classic pulp-magazine era. His work appeared in genre publications during the 1930s and 1940s, when short fiction was the heart of science fiction publishing.

He is often noted in science fiction history for his connection to Ray Bradbury: Hasse collaborated with the young Bradbury on the fanzine Futuria Fantasia, an important early stop in Bradbury's development as a writer. That link, along with Hasse's own magazine fiction, helped keep his name alive among readers interested in the roots of American SF fandom and publishing.

Hasse died in 1977. Today he is remembered less as a household name than as a vivid representative of the imaginative, fast-moving world of early science fiction magazines.