YERXA, Leroy

(1915-1946)

   US writer for the PULP MAGAZINES, particularly the ZIFF-DAVIS productions AMZ and Fantastic Adventures. He published as LY, as Elroy Arno, and under the house names Richard CASEY and Alexander BLADE,beginning with "Death Rides at Night" for AMZ in 1942 as LY, and contributing prolifically until his death. The Freddie Funk series in Fantastic Adventures, from "Freddie Funk's Madcap Mermaid" (1943) to"Freddie Funk's Flippant Fairies" (1948), was completed by his wife, Frances Yerxa, who also wrote some stories solo, and married William L. HAMLING.

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