Frank L. Pollack

Frank Lillie Pollack, (1876–1957) was an early American science fiction writer and author of the short story "Finis", published in the June 1906 issue of "The Argosy" magazine, anthologized several times, and available online. In 1930, he was living in Shedden, Ontario, Canada [http://www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/21/the-reader-speaks:-reaction-to-clark-ashton-smith-in-the-pulps] .

Briefly, "Finis" is the story of a new star that is discovered which turns out to be a new, hotter sun. It is a short hard hitting story which shows a man and woman, who stay up the night to watch the expected new star arise. Though written in 1906, it is set in the future of the mid 20th century.

Notes

The Locus database [http://www.locusmag.com/index/s591.html] spells his name "Pollock", but the latest anthology (1999) uses "Pollack", as do the online texts and other references.

External links

* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0605041.txt "Finis" text] via Project Gutenberg
* [http://www.pulp-mag.net/pd/vI/POLLACKfinis.html "Finis" text] better formatted