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Wardon Allan Curtis
1867–1940
Best remembered for eerie adventure and early science fiction, this American writer brought a lively magazine storyteller’s touch to strange ideas. His work includes a brain-transplant tale, "The Monster of Lake LaMetrie," and the 1903 collection The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton.
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The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton
by Wardon Allan Curtis
About the author
Born in New Mexico in 1867 and dying in 1940, Wardon Allan Curtis was an American writer, journalist, and dramatist whose fiction appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. Modern reference sources consistently connect him with imaginative and speculative fiction, especially the kind of brisk, idea-driven storytelling that flourished in popular magazines of the period.
Curtis is most often noted today for "The Monster of Lake LaMetrie," a late-nineteenth-century story involving a human brain transplant into a prehistoric creature. He is also associated with The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton (1903), a collection that helped preserve his reputation among readers interested in early fantasy, adventure, and proto-science-fiction.
Although he is not a household name now, Curtis remains a fascinating figure for listeners who enjoy rediscovering unusual voices from the early days of fantastic fiction. His stories offer a window into a moment when scientific curiosity, sensational adventure, and the supernatural were all happily sharing the same shelf.