Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915–February 4, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. His father, Henry Kuttner (1863-1920), whose Jewish parents, Naphtaly Kuttner (1829-1904) and Amelia Bush, had come from Prussia and lived in San Francisco since 1859, was a bookseller; the parents of his mother, Annie Lewis (1879-1954), were from Great Britain. Kuttner grew up in...
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Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915–February 4, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. His father, Henry Kuttner (1863-1920), whose Jewish parents, Naphtaly Kuttner (1829-1904) and Amelia Bush, had come from Prussia and lived in San Francisco since 1859, was a bookseller; the parents of his mother, Annie Lewis (1879-1954), were from Great Britain. Kuttner grew up in relative poverty following the death of his father. As a young man he worked for the literary agency of his uncle , Laurence D'Orsay, in Los Angeles before selling his first story, "The Graveyard Rats", to Weird Tales in early 1936.
Synopsis: Salem, Massachusetts - Cemetery caretaker "Old Masson" must deal with a teeming colony of abnormally large rats that are cutting into his graverobbing profits; the subterranean rodents drag away newly buried corpses from holes gnawed into the coffins. Apart from the flesh-eating animals, Masson...
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