author
Hugh Frazier Parker
A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, remembered for the planetary adventure tale The Sword of Johnny Damokles. His work appeared in Planet Stories in 1943 and later reached new readers through Project Gutenberg.
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The Sword of Johnny Damokles
by Hugh Frazier Parker
About the author
Very little biographical information about Hugh Frazier Parker is readily documented in reliable public sources. What can be confirmed is that he wrote The Sword of Johnny Damokles, a science-fiction adventure first published in Planet Stories in March 1943.
The story belongs to the colorful pulp tradition of early magazine science fiction, with interplanetary danger, high stakes, and fast-moving action. Decades later, it remained accessible through Project Gutenberg, which helped preserve Parker's work for modern readers.
Because so little verified information about his life appears to be available, Parker is best known today through this surviving story rather than through a well-recorded public biography.