author

Moses Schere

1913–1996

A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, he published under both Moses Schere and Monroe Schere, leaving behind a small body of strange, imaginative work. His best-known surviving story, Mind Worms, carries the eerie, high-concept feel that made mid-century magazine SF so memorable.

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Mind Worms

Mind Worms

by Moses Schere

About the author

Born in 1913 and died in 1996, he is listed in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database under the legal name Monroe Schere, with Moses Schere and M. Schere recorded as alternate names. The available record suggests he published only a modest number of speculative fiction stories, which helps explain why he remains a fairly obscure figure today.

His science fiction appeared in the pulp-magazine era, and later bibliographic sources note work under both versions of his name. One of the best-known titles still easy to find is Mind Worms, originally published in Planet Stories in 1948 and now preserved by Project Gutenberg.

Beyond those publication details, reliable biographical information appears to be scarce. What remains most visible is the fiction itself: compact, idea-driven stories from the classic magazine age of science fiction, including later work credited to Monroe Schere as well as the earlier Moses Schere byline.