ROSS ROCKLYNNE

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ross Rocklynne (1913-1988)

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The Sun Destroyers
Published by Ace Books, 1973
This book, printed as part of an "Ace Double" edition that also included the novel A Yank at Valhalla by Edmond Hamilton, is a fixup novelisation containing four interconnected stories about sentient nebulae that were previously published in the magazines Astonishing Stories and Imagination. The story "Revolt of the Devil Star" is reprinted here under the author's original title "Rebel of the Darkness".
This book contains the following novelettes: "Into the Darkness", "Daughter of Darkness", "Abyss of Darkness" and "Rebel of the Darkness".

The Men and the Mirror
Published by Ace Books, 1973
This book contains a series of three interconnected stories, featuring the characters Colbie and Deverel, that were previously published in the magazine Astounding Stories. Also included in this volume are three additional tales, loosely connected to the series, that first appeared in the magazines Astounding Stories and Amazing Stories. In the first two of these latter three stories, the characters' names were changed several times for editorial reasons, as the author explains in his introduction to this collection. The final story, "And Then There Was One", has the least in common with the original Colbie and Deverel stories. It does, however, pose a scientific problem identical to that described in "At the Center of Gravity", and features a different solution to the same physical dilemma.
This book contains the following short stories and novelettes: "At the Center of Gravity", "Jupiter Trap", "The Men and the Mirror", "The Fly So High", "The Bottled Men" and "And Then There Was One".

People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula
Published by Renaissance E Books, 2004
Edited by Jean Marie Stine
This ebook is a reprint edition of the 1973 collection The Sun Destroyers.
This ebook contains the following novelettes: "Into the Darkness", "Daughter of Darkness", "Abyss of Darkness" and "Rebel of the Darkness".

The Forbidden Dream: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #1
Published by Pageturner, 2008
Edited by Jean Marie Stine
This ebook contains the first three stories in a series of interconnected tales, featuring the interstellar secret agent and diplomat Sidney Hallmeyer, that were previously published in the magazine Planet Stories.
This ebook contains the following novelettes: "The Forbidden Dream", "Exiles of the Desert Star" and "Task to Lahri".

Slaves of the Ninth Moon: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #2
Published by Pageturner, 2008
Edited by Jean Marie Stine
This ebook contains the final two stories in a series of interconnected tales, featuring the interstellar secret agent and diplomat Sidney Hallmeyer, that were previously published in the magazine Planet Stories.
This ebook contains the following novelettes: "Slaves of the Ninth Moon" and "The Bubble Dwellers".

Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics
Published by Pageturner, 2009
Edited by Jean Marie Stine
This ebook contains the following short stories and novelettes: "Ching Witch!", "The Sound of Space", "Jackdaw", "The Good Egg", "Quietus", "Diversifal", "The Voice", "They Fly So High", "Fulfillment" and "Find the Face".

Sorry: Wrong Dimension and Two More Stories
Published by Otbebookpublishing, 2020
This ebook contains the following short stories: "Sorry: Wrong Dimension", "Jaywalker", and "The Tantalus Death".

Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories
Published by Otbebookpublishing, 2021
This ebook contains the following short stories and novelettes: "Cosmic Yo-Yo", "Chicken Farm", "Distress Signal", "Revolt of the Devil Star" and "X Marks the Asteroid".

Short Fiction

"The Greater Love"
Oracle, 1931
This short story was printed in the Woodward High, Cincinnati, Ohio yearbook when the author was eighteen years old.

"Writer's Racket"
Oracle, 1931
This short story was printed in the Woodward High, Cincinnati, Ohio yearbook when the author was eighteen years old.

"Mr. Corpse"
Oracle, 1931
This short story was printed in the Woodward High, Cincinnati, Ohio yearbook when the author was eighteen years old.

"Man of Iron"
Astounding Stories, August 1935
Please note that because the above three stories were contributed by Rocklynne to his high-school yearbook, "Man of Iron" represents his first professional sale to a national magazine.

"At the Center of Gravity"
Astounding Stories, June 1936
Exploring Other Worlds, ed. Sam Moskowitz, Collier Books, 1963
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973
This story forms part of the "Colbie and Deverel" trilogy of interconnected tales.

"Anton Moves the Earth"
Astounding Stories, November 1936

"Water for Mars"
Astounding Stories, April 1937
Astounding Stories (UK edition), April 1937
Martianthology, ed. Forrest J. Ackerman & Anne Hardin, Sense of Wonder Press, 2003

"Jupiter Trap"
Astounding Stories, August 1937
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973
This story forms part of the "Colbie and Deverel" trilogy of interconnected tales.

"Escape Through Space"
Amazing Stories, June 1938
Space Adventures (Classics), Spring 1970

"The Men and the Mirror"
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1938
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973
Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s, ed. Isaac Asimov, Robson Books, 1974
This story forms part of the "Colbie and Deverel" trilogy of interconnected tales.

"Who Was Dilmo Deni?"
Astounding Science Fiction, November 1938

"The Empress of Mars"
Fantastic Adventures, May 1939
Fantastic Adventures, October 1942
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly, Spring 1943
Fantastic Adventures Yearbook 1970, No. 1, ed. Sol Cohen, Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., 1970
Space Odysseys, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974
Planetary Adventures, ed. D. M. Ritzlin, DMR Books, 2021
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "A Warrior of Werg".
A sequel to this story called "Mission to Mars" was sold by the author in 1951 to Fantastic Adventures magazine, and many years later again to the magazine Witchcraft & Sorcery, but it remains unpublished.

"Pressure"
Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1939
Imagination Unlimited, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952

"The Moth"
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939

"And Then There Was One"
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1940
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), February 1940
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973

"The Tantalus Death"
Planet Stories, Spring 1940
Short Stories Eligible for the 1941 Retro-Hugos (ebook), ed. von Dimpleheimer, von Dimpleheimer Press, 2016
Sorry: Wrong Dimension and Two More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2020

"Trans-Plutonian Trap"
Super Science Stories, March 1940

"Unguh Made a Fire"
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1940
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), April 1940

"The Mathematical Kid"
Amazing Stories, June 1940
Amazing Stories Quarterly, Fall 1940
Astounding Stories Yearbook 1970, No. 1, ed. Sol Cohen, Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., 1970
The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1940 Anthology: Special Retro-Hugo Edition, ed. Steve Davidson & Jean Marie Stine, Experimenter Publishing Company, 2015
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The World That Was a Mountain".

"Into the Darkness"
Astonishing Stories, June 1940
Futures Unlimited, ed. Alden Norton, Pyramid Books, 1969
The Sun Destroyers, Ace Books, 1973
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age, ed. Terry Carr, Harper & Row, 1978
The Great Science Fiction Stories 2 (1940), ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Daw Books, 1979
Yesterday's Tomorrows, ed. Frederik Pohl, Berkley Books, 1982
Isaac Asimov Presents: The Golden Years of Science Fiction, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1983
Isaac Asimov Presents: Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Dorset Press, 2002
People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Renaissance E Books, 2004
This story forms part of the "Darkness" quadrilogy of interconnected tales.

"The Reflection That Lived"
Fantastic Adventures, June 1940

"Prophecy of Doom"
Future Fiction, July 1940

"The Forbidden Dream"
Planet Stories, Summer 1940
The Forbidden Dream: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #1 (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2008
This story forms part of the "Sidney Hallmeyer" series of interconnected tales.

"The Man Who Never Lived"
Amazing Stories, September 1940
Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring 1941
Space Adventures (Classics), Winter 1970
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The Strange Identity of Blake Harrison".

"Quietus"
Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), September 1940
Adventures in Time and Space, ed. Raymond J. Healy & J. Francis Mccomas, Random House, 1946
Selections from Adventures in Time and Space, ed. Raymond J. Healy & J. Francis Mccomas, Pennant Books, 1954
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space, ed. Raymond J. Healy & J. Francis Mccomas, Random House, 1957
Isaac Asimov Presents: The Great Science Fiction Stories 2 (1940), ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Daw Books, 1979
Isaac Asimov Presents: The Golden Years of Science Fiction, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1983
Isaac Asimov Presents: Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Dorset Press, 2002
The World Turned Upside Down, ed. Jim Baen, David Drake & Eric Flint, Baen Books, 2005
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009
Space Pioneers, ed. Hank Davis & Christopher Ruocchio, Baen Books, 2018

"Atom of Death"
Planet Stories, Winter 1940
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The Molecule of Death".

"The Gods Gil Made"
Unknown, November 1940
Unknown (UK edition), November 1940

"Collision Course"
Super Science Stories, January 1941

"The Vanishing Witnesses"
Fantastic Adventures, January 1941

"Exiles of the Desert Star"
Planet Stories, Spring 1941
The Forbidden Dream: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #1 (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2008
This story forms part of the "Sidney Hallmeyer" series of interconnected tales.
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Last of the Star Empire".

"The Immortal"
Comet, March 1941
Tomorrow's Universe, ed. H. J. Campbell, Hamilton & Co./Panther, 1953
Future Science Fiction (Australian edition), No. 5, 1954

"Big Man"
Amazing Stories, April 1941
Amazing Stories Quarterly, Winter 1941
Fantastic, December 1969
Science Fiction Classics, No. 20, January 2019 (this publication is a facsimile reprint edition of the April 1941 issue of Amazing Stories magazine)

"Mutiny Aboard the 'Terra' "
Planet Stories, Summer 1941
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Exiles of the Planetoid".

"Time Wants a Skeleton"
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1941
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), June 1941
The Astounding-Analog Reader: Volume One, ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison, Doubleday, 1972
Isaac Asimov Presents: The Great Science Fiction Stories 3 (1941), ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Daw Books, 1980
Isaac Asimov Presents: The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Second Series, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1983
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1989
Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Galahad Books, 1991
Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Galahad Books, 1991
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The Skeleton on Ten-Oh-Seven".

"The Voice"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1941
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Daughter of Darkness"
Astonishing Stories, November 1941
Astonishing Stories (Canadian edition), January 1942
The Sun Destroyers, Ace Books, 1973
People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Renaissance E Books, 2004
This story forms part of the "Darkness" quadrilogy of interconnected tales.

"Rawhide Conquest"
Western Trails, November 1941

"The Wicked People"
Super Science Stories, February 1942
Super Science Stories (Canadian edition), August 1942

"The Electrical Butterflies"
Fantastic Adventures, March 1942
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly, Fall 1942
Fantastic, August 1971

"Varmints' Pay"
Fifteen Western Tales, April 1942
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Backtrail Triggers".

"Task to Lahri"
Planet Stories, Summer 1942
Tops in Science Fiction, Spring 1953
Tops in Science Fiction (UK edition), No. 1, 1954
The Forbidden Dream: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #1 (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2008
This story forms part of the "Sidney Hallmeyer" series of interconnected tales.

"As It Was"
Planet Stories, Summer 1942 (this story is printed here under the pseudonym Carlton Smith)
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The Primordial Puddle".

"Jackdaw"
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1942
Best of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, Crown Publishers, 1946
The Golden Age of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1980
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Return from Zero"
Super Science Stories, August 1942
Super Science Stories (UK edition), No. 10, 1952
Super Science Stories (Australian edition), No. 10, 1952

"No Town for a Tinhorn"
Western Short Stories, October 1942
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Hole Card Turnabout".

"The Day of the Cloud"
Startling Stories, November 1942
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "In the Day of the Cloud".

"Interlude"
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1942
Astounding Science Fiction, (UK edition), February 1943

"Storm in Space"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1942
According to the author, this tale was a sort of prequel to the earlier published story "Water for Mars".

"The Creator"
Future Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1942
Swan American Mags: Future Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK edition), No. 11, 1948
Future Science Fiction, No. 45, October 1959

"Abyss of Darkness"
Astonishing Stories, December 1942
Super Science Stories (Canadian edition), June 1943
The Sun Destroyers, Ace Books, 1973
People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Renaissance E Books, 2004
This story forms part of the "Darkness" quadrilogy of interconnected tales.

"Backfire"
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1943
Omnibus of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, Crown Publishers, 1952

"For Sale—One World"
Super Science Stories, February 1943
Super Science Stories (Canadian edition), August 1943
Super Science Stories (UK edition), No. 9, 1952
Super Science Stories (Australian edition), No. 9, 1952

"Slaves of the Ninth Moon"
Planet Stories, March 1943
Slaves of the Ninth Moon: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #2 (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2008
This story forms part of the "Sidney Hallmeyer" series of interconnected tales.

"The Sandhound"
Planet Stories, May 1943

"Warrior Queen of Lolarth"
Amazing Stories, May 1943
Amazing Stories Quarterly, Winter 1943

"Telecote's Owlhoot Tutor"
New Western Magazine, July 1943
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Black Rider of the Telecotes".

"Exile to Centauri"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1943

"Pirates of the Time Trail"
Startling Stories, Fall 1943

"The Powerful Pipsqueak"
Amazing Stories, September 1943
The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1943 Anthology, ed. Steve Davidson & Jean Marie Stine, Experimenter Publishing Company, 2018

"Beyond the Boiling Zone"
Startling Stories, Winter 1943/1944

"Intruders from the Stars"
Amazing Stories, January 1944
Science Fiction Adventures Classics, November 1973
Intruders from the Stars: Two Complete Novels, Armchair Fiction, 2012 (this book also contains the novel "Flight of the Starling" by Chester S. Geier)

"The Invisible Army"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944

"Victory Drums"
Captain Future, Spring 1944
High Adventure, No. 99, March 2008 (this publication is a facsimile reprint edition of the Spring 1944 issue of Captain Future magazine)

"The Giant Runt"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1944
This story is based on a two-page premise given to the author by Oscar J. Friend, the editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine.

"The Sandhound Strikes"
Planet Stories, Spring 1945
This story is a sequel to "The Sandhound".
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Guardian of the Glass Empire".

"Venus Sky-Trap"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spring 1945

"Rowboat Feud"
Thrilling Western, May 1945
Thrilling Ranch Stories (UK edition), June 1951

"Gunfire in the Canyon"
Famous Western, Summer 1945
Swan American Mags: Famous Western (UK edition), No. 13 (year of publication unknown)

"Cosmic Yo-Yo"
Planet Stories, Summer 1945
Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2021
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Trailing the Asteroid".

"The Last Outpost"
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1945

"Gift Horse"
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945

"The Bubble Dwellers"
Planet Stories, Fall 1945
Slaves of the Ninth Moon: Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #2 (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2008
This story forms part of the "Sidney Hallmeyer" series of interconnected tales.

"The Infidels"
Astounding Science Fiction, September 1945

"The Diversifal"
Planet Stories, Winter 1945
Planet Stories, March 1951
The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds, ed. Leigh Brackett, Ballantine Books, 1975
Perry Rhodan 86: Blazing Sun, ed. Forrest J. Ackerman & Pat LoBrutto, Ace Books, 1976
Lost Stars: Forgotten Science Fiction from the "Best of" Anthologies (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Renaissance E Books, 2004
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Secret of Chamuki"
Jungle Stories, Winter 1945
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Gems of Chamuki".

"A Matter of Length"
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1946
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), May 1946

"Captives of the Weir-Wind"
Planet Stories, Summer 1946

"The Pumpkin Eater"
Planet Stories, Summer 1946 (this story is printed here under the pseudonym Carlton Smith)

"The Bottled Men"
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1946
Astounding Science Fiction (UK edition), December 1946
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973

"Extra Earth"
Startling Stories, Summer 1946

"The Ice World"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1946

"Six Tuesdays"
Planet Stories, Fall 1946

"The Good Egg"
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1946
Thrilling Wonder Stories (Canadian edition), Fall 1946
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Giant of Ganymede"
Amazing Stories, December 1946
Space Adventures, Spring 1971

"Distress Signal"
Planet Stories, Spring 1947
Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2021
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Smoke Signal".

"Jaywalker"
Galaxy, December 1950
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction, ed. Horace L. Gold, Crown Publishers, 1952
First Step Outward, ed. Robert Hoskins, Dell, 1969
The 11th Science Fiction Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016
Sorry: Wrong Dimension and Two More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2020
This story was adapted into a radio play by George Lefferts. It was broadcast as an episode of the NBC program X Minus One, on April 17, 1956.

"Revolt of the Devil Star"
Imagination, February 1951
The Sun Destroyers, Ace Books, 1973 (this story is reprinted here under the author's original title "Rebel of the Darkness")
People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Renaissance E Books, 2004 (this story is reprinted here under the author's original title "Rebel of the Darkness")
Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2021
This story forms part of the "Darkness" quadrilogy of interconnected tales.

"Out of the Atomfire"
Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, May 1951
Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories (UK edition), No. 4, 1952
This story was co-written by Bryce Walton.
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Prisoners of the Iron Atom".

"Slave-Ship to Andrigo"
Planet Stories, July 1951
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Mission to Andrigo".

"They Fly So High"
Amazing Stories, June 1952
Fantastic, January 1968
The Men and the Mirror, Ace Books, 1973
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine Part 3: 1946-1955, ed. Mike Ashley, New English Library, 1976
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine Vol. 3: 1946-1955, ed. Mike Ashley, Contemporary Books, 1977
Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wild Years: 1946-1955, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, TSR, 1987
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009
This story is loosely based on "The Outlaw Strider", an unpublished fourth tale featuring the characters Colbie and Deverel that was rejected by John W. Campbell, the editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. Several years later, Rocklynne rewrote the story, retaining the scientific concept and formula, but changing the characters' names and retitling it "They Fly So High". This latter title was a reference to the author's plans to make it the first in a projected series of four tales, with the others being called "Nearly Reach the Sky", "Then Like My Dreams", and "They Fade and Die". These three stories were never written, due to Rocklynne's retirement from writing until he returned to the field in the late 1960s.

"Courtesy Call"
Startling Stories, July 1952

"Interplanetary Tin Can"
Science Fiction Adventures, November 1952

"The Chuckliner"
West, January 1953

"Chicken Farm"
Planet Stories, March 1953
Planet Stories (UK edition), No. 10, April 1954
Planet Stories (New Zealand edition), No. 10, April 1954
Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2021

"Fulfillment"
Startling Stories, April 1953
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Alphabet Scoop"
Nebula Science Fiction, No. 5, 1953
Science Fiction Digest, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1954
This story is a sequel to "The Mathematical Kid".

"Sales Talk"
Planet Stories, July 1953 (this story is printed here under the pseudonym H. F. Cente)
Science-Fiction Monthly (Australian edition), No. 18, February 1957 (this story is printed here under the pseudonym H. F. Cente)
Rocklynne's original title for this story, which he rewrote after it was rejected in 1937, was "Infinity B.C."

"The Big Tick"
Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, September 1953
Science Fiction Monthly (Australian edition), No. 7, March 1956

"X Marks the Asteroid"
Imagination, January 1954
Cosmic Yo-Yo and Four More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2021

"Sorry: Wrong Dimension"
Amazing Stories, March 1954
Amazing Stories (UK edition), No. 4, 1954
The Diversifier (fanzine), No. 25, March 1978 (this story is printed here in the form of a one-act play; see note below)
Sorry: Wrong Dimension and Two More Stories (ebook), Otbebookpublishing, 2020
Rocklynne adapted this story into a stage play which was first performed at the Poet/Dramatist Workshop in Garden Grove, California on April 24, 1977.

"Winner Take All"
Time to Come: Science-Fiction of Tomorrow, ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954
This story was written by Rocklynne as an optimistically themed response to "Winner Lose All", a rather sombre Jack Vance tale which appeared in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy magazine.

"Touch of the Moon"
Galaxy, April 1968

"Daisies Yet Ungrown"
Galaxy, June 1968
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "Daisies As Yet Ungrown".

"Find the Face"
Galaxy, September 1968
The Eleventh Galaxy Reader, ed. Frederik Pohl, Doubleday, 1968
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009
Rocklynne's original title for this story was "The Great Star Face".

"The Sound of Space"
Fantastic, October 1958
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009
This story was written and submitted by the author under the pseudonym Crosly Conners. However, the editor of Fantastic magazine, Harry Harrison, decided to publish it as by Ross Rocklynne.

"Moon Trash"
Amazing Stories, January 1970

"The Ideas"
Witchcraft & Sorcery, No. 5, January/February 1971
This story was co-written by Edith Ogutsch.

"The Passing of Auntie Mat"
Worlds of Fantasy, No. 4, Spring 1971

"The Lorn of Toucher"
Witchcraft & Sorcery, No. 6, May 1971

"Ching Witch!"
Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972
Ching Witch! & Other SF Classics (ebook), ed. Jean Marie Stine, Pageturner, 2009

"Fat City"
Amazing Stories, September 1972
Rocklynne's original title ideas for this story were "A Crumb for Mr. Big" and "Mr. Uggridges Goes to Thinland".

"Randy-Tandy Man"
Universe 3, ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973

"Othuum, Chapter Five: The Doom That Came to Blagham"
Witchcraft & Sorcery, No. 10, 1974
This story is the fifth part of a round-robin novelette contributed by five authors to this issue of the magazine Witchcraft & Sorcery.

"Emptying the Plate"
Fantastic, April 1975
Rocklynne's original title ideas for this story were "Some Crumbs from a Rich Man's Table" and "I Empty the Plate".

Sources and Acknowledgments:
In the process of compiling this bibliography, as well as referring to my own collection of literature, a number of online sources were consulted, not the least of which were The Internet Speculative Fiction Database and Philip Stephensen-Payne's Galactic Central website, the latter a home to the Fictionmags Index and the various Locus Press indexes.
Another major source of information was Douglas Melville's The Work of Ross Rocklynne: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide, an outstanding reference work that was published by Borgo Press in 1989.

Addenda:
It is worth noting that "Ross Rocklynne" was in fact a pseudonym, as the author's real name was Ross Louis Rocklin.
As well as the literary works listed above, Rocklynne also sold a number of articles, essays, poems and autobiographical sketches to a variety of professional, semi-professional and amateur magazines. He had a number of letters published in science fiction periodicals and was a particularly prolific contributor to genre fanzines; as a young man he was very active in science fiction fandom. Details on his nonfiction writings, and information about unpublished stories, can be found in Douglas Melville's aforementioned book.
Furthermore, a good deal of the author's fiction has been reprinted in foreign language editions; listing these is beyond the scope of this webpage.
Notwithstanding several notable exceptions, I have, for the most part, not included here in this bibliography the various ebook publications (particularly chapbooks) in which Rocklynne's work has been reissued.
Finally, several of the author's stories are now in the public domain and a few of these are available to read online at the Project Gutenberg website.

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