Author:Anthony Melville Rud

Anthony Melville Rud
(1893–1942)

An American author and pulp magazine editor, who wrote in several genres. Pen names: Ray McGillivray, R. Anthony, Anson Piper.

Works

Novels

  • The Stuffed Men (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2030 First published in Detective Fiction Weekly, 20 January — 3 February 1934.

Argosy

  • Cajan Code (1932) published January 9, 1932 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2028
  • Green for Danger (1933) published October 7, 1933 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2029
  • The Stained Tabu (1934) published November 3, 1934 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2030
  • The Lonely Killer (1935) published April 6, 1935 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • First Loyalty (1935) published May 11, 1935 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • Sorcerer's Treasure (1935) published May 25, 1935 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • The Red Scorpion (1935) published October 26, 1935 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • Byng of Ballarat (1935) published November 30, 1935 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • The Spotted Ethiopian (1936) published January 4, 1936 in Argosy — Copyrighted in the United States until 2032

Short stories and series

  • When Chicago Was Put to Sleep (1918) published September 15, 1918 in Top-Notch Magazine
  • Paper Dust and Pomade (1918) published December 14, 1918 in The Argosy
  • What We Learned about Wood (1919) non-fiction, published May 3, 1919 in The Saturday Evening Post
  • Cross-Eye's Double Cross (1919) published August 23, 1919 in The Saturday Evening Post
  • A Shotput in Circle (1919) published October, 1919 in The Blue Book Magazine
  • A Turn That Turned Too Far (1920) published March 7, 1920 in The Popular Magazine
  • A Show for Eric (1920) published June/July, 1920 in Smith's Magazine
  • Bluff published Nov 26 1921, in Detective Story Magazine [Kurt Barron]
  • The Last Grubstake (1922)
  • The Devil's Heirloom (1922) published September 10, 1922
  • The Second Generation (1923)
  • Empty Bottles (1924) published 10 Feb 1924 in Short Stories magazine (ss)
  • An Enigma in Black published April 25, 1925 in Short Stories (novelette)
  • Chaparejos published May 1926 in The Frontier (ss)
  • The Sentence of the Six Gun (1927)
  • The Gypsy Gyp (1928) published June 1928 in Everybody's Magazine (ss)
  • The Molten Bullet (1937) published June 1937 in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vol. 9, No. 3 — Copyrighted in the United States until 2033
  • Black Creek Buckaroo (1941) written as Anson Piper
  • Blue Bonnet Range (1946) written as Anson Piper
  • Painted Ghost (1946) written as Anson Piper
Detective Masters series

Letters

Copyrights

One or more copyright licenses apply to some or all works by this author.


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.


This author died in 1942, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 82 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed.

Works could have had their copyright renewed between January 1st of the 27th year after publication or registration and December 31st of the 28th year. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on January 1st of the 29th year.


This author died in 1942, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 82 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

It is imperative that contributors ascertain that there is no evidence of a copyright renewal before using this license. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the work as a copyright violation.

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