author
Morrison Colladay
b. 1877
A pulp-era science fiction writer and publisher, he wrote lively catastrophe and adventure stories for magazines like Wonder Stories and Amazing Stories. His work captures the energetic, idea-driven spirit of early American science fiction.
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When the moon fell
by Morrison Colladay
About the author
Writing as Morrison Colladay, Charles Morrison Colladay was an American author, publisher, and salesman born on February 9, 1877, in Sea Grove, New Jersey. He is chiefly remembered for science fiction published during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when the magazine field was helping define the genre for a broad popular audience.
His stories appeared in magazines such as Wonder Stories and Amazing Stories, and he is associated with dramatic, large-scale speculative ideas including cosmic disasters and planetary threats. One of his best-known works is When the Moon Fell, a novel of global catastrophe first published in 1929.
Some details of his later life remain unclear in the sources I found, including his date of death. Even so, his fiction still has a place in the history of early science fiction, especially for readers interested in the bold imagination and fast-moving storytelling of the pulp magazine era.