The Malignant Entity

Overview:

• Title: The Malignant Entity
• Author: Otis Adelbert Kline
• Year: 1924
• Type: Short Fiction
• Series: Dr. Dorp
• Number in series: 1

Synopsis:

The body of Professor Townsend is found in his lab, with all flesh cleaned from his skeleton. Police officers investigating are later found in the same condition. It turns out that the professor had created a form of life capable of quickly eating flesh.

Editions/Publications:

• 1924. Weird Tales, May/June/July 1924 (1924, Edwin Baird, $0.50, 192 pages, Magazine)
• 1926. Amazing Stories, June 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1934. Amazing Stories Quarterly, Fall 1934 (1934, Hugo Gernsback, 144 pages, Hardcover, Magazine)
• 1966. Amazing Stories, February 1966 (1966, Sol Cohen, $0.50, 164 pages, Magazine)

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