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Melvin Sturgis

A little-known but intriguing voice from mid-century science fiction, he published stories in the 1950s and later worked with other writers under shared pen names. His fiction has endured through reprints and digital editions that keep these vintage stories in circulation.

2 Audiobooks

The Unprotected Species

The Unprotected Species

by Melvin Sturgis

The Gift

The Gift

by Melvin Sturgis

About the author

Melvin Sturgis was a US science fiction writer active in the 1950s. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that his first genre story was "The Gift," published in Imagination in November 1951, and that he also wrote as Mel Sturgis.

He is remembered for short fiction including The Unprotected Species, which first appeared in Fantastic Universe in September 1956 and has since been reissued in ebook form. He also collaborated with writer Les Cole under the joint pseudonym Colin Sturgis.

According to the same reference, his one science-fiction novel was Invaders on the Moon (1970), written with Kris Neville. The book was reportedly credited only to Neville by the publisher, making Sturgis one of those pulp-era writers whose work survives more clearly than the details of his life.