Stuart J. Byrne

Byrne's novel Prometheus II was the cover story for the February 1948 issue of Amazing Stories. It would not be published in book form until 2012. The first installment of Byrne's novel The Golden Guardsmen took the cover of the April 1952 issue of Other Worlds Science Stories. It would not be published in book form until 2013. Byrne's novel Power Metal, serialized in Other Worlds in 1953, was published in book form in 2015.

Stuart James Byrne (October 26, 1913 – September 23, 2011) was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy. He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare, John Bloodstone, Howard Dare, and Marx Kaye (a house pseudonym).

Biography Byrne was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Later he recalled, "I was in there early enough to see magic lantern slides instead of movies, to watch the little man in the black suit climb his ladder to light our gas lamp out front, and in the early twenties I was excited by whisperings of a thing called radio!"

Tarzan novel In 1955, Byrne became known as the author of an unpublishable new Tarzan novel called Tarzan on Mars via an editorial called "Tarzan Never Dies", by editor Ray Palmer, in Other Worlds Science Stories magazine. The novel could not be published because Palmer was unable to get authorization from the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Men into Space As a screenwriter, Byrne wrote for the Men into Space TV show in 1959 and 1960. He is credited with writing the episode entitled "Quarantine" (1959) and providing the story for the one entitled "Contraband" (1960). He received credit for the story of the 1971 film called The Deserter as well as the original story and screenplay for the 1972 film The Doomsday Machine. The first story was the Supermen of Alpha.

Gothic Also in the 1970s, Byrne tried his hand at Gothic writing from the first-person female point of view. The result was The Visitation, originally published in 1977, and republished as Hoaxbreaker in 2003.

e-Books Since 1998, many of Byrne's stories have been published in electronic form. They are all listed as by "Stuart J. Byrne", with "writing as John Bloodstone" and his other bynames.

Published work

Short stories Music of the Spheres, Amazing Stories, August, 1935 Beyond the Darkness, Other Worlds, July 1951 Matter of Perspective, Other Worlds, October 1951 Gsrthnxrpqrpf, Other Worlds, March 1952 The Ultimate Death (by Howard Dare), Other Worlds, July 1952 Lady of Flame (reprint of The Naked Goddess), Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, #30, February 1953 Children of the Chronotron, Imagination, December 1952 The Bridge, Science Stories, December 1953 Beware the Star Gods, Imagination, June 1954 The Metamorphs, Other Worlds, January 1957 Spaceship Named Desire, Other Worlds, July 1957 Test Flight to Eden (Part 1 of 2), by Stuart J. Byrne and Clark Darlton, in Perry Rhodan #68: Stars of Druufon, 1975 Test Flight to Eden (Part 2 of 2), by Clark Darlton and Stuart J. Byrne, in Perry Rhodan #69: The Bonds of Eternity, April 1975 Star Man 1: Supermen of Alpha, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979 Star Man 2: Time Window, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979 Star Man 3: Interstellar Mutineers, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979 Star Man 4: The Cosmium Raiders, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979 Star Man 5: The World Changer, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979 Star Man 6: Slaves of Venus, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 7: Lost in the Milky Way, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 8: Time Trap, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 9: The Centurian, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 10: The Emperor, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 11: The Return of Star Man, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980 Star Man 12: The Second Empire, ebook only Star Man 13: The Summit Conference, ebook only

Novels

Starman (1969), Powell Sci-Fi, PP 165, Powell Publications, Reseda, CA. Godman (1970) (writing as John Bloodstone), Powell Sci-Fi, PP 205, Powell Publications, Reseda, CA (front cover gives title as "Godman!"). Thundar (1971) (writing as John Bloodstone), Leisure Books, North Hollywood, CA (front cover gives title as "Thundar: Man of Two Worlds", spine says "Thundar!", and title page says "Thundar"). The Alpha Trap (1976), Major Books, Canoga Park, CA. The Visitation (1977) (writing as Rothayne Amare), Major Books, Canoga Park, CA. Star Quest (2006), Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada. Last Days of Thronas (by John Bloodstone), Science Stories, February 1954; Armchair Fiction The Naked Goddess, Other Worlds, October, 1952, Armchair Fiction #D-192, 2017 Potential Zero (by John Bloodstone), Science Stories, December 1953, Armchair Fiction #D-113, 2014 Land Beyond the Lens (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories, March 1952, Michael Flannigan #1, Armchair Fiction #D-124, 2014 The Golden Gods (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories May 1952, Michael Flannigan #2, Armchair Fiction #D-159, 2015 Return of Michael Flannigan (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories August 1952, Michael Flannigan #3, Armchair Fiction #D-159, 2015 Prometheus II, Amazing Stories, February, 1948, Armchair Fiction, #C-27, 2012 The Golden Guardsmen, Other Worlds, April, June, and July, 1952 (sequel to Prometheus II), Armchair Fiction, #C-31, 2012 Power Metal, Other Worlds, May, June, and July, 1953, Armchair Fiction #C-66, 2015 Colossus, (reprint of Colossus I) Other Worlds, May 1950, Armchair Fiction #D-227, 2018 Colossus Conclusion, (reprint of Colossus II, Other Worlds, July 1950 and Colossus III, Other Worlds, September, 1950), Armchair Fiction #D-246, 2019