Author:Dorothy Quick

Dorothy Quick
(1896–1962)

American writer and poet who became friends with Mark Twain as a girl, who encouraged her to write

Dorothy Quick (right) with Mark Twain

Works

Short Fiction

  • "Scented Gardens," in Oriental Stories (Spring 1932, vol. 2, no. 2)
  • "The Black Adder," in Oriental Stories (Summer 1932, vol. 2, no. 3)
  • "The Horror in the Studio" in Weird Tales, 25 (6) (June 1935)
  • "The Lost Door" in Weird Tales, 28 (3) (October 1936)
  • "Strange Orchids" in Weird Tales, 29 (3) (March 1937)
  • "The Witch's Mark" in Weird Tales, 31 (1) (January 1938) (external scan)
  • Blue and Silver Brocade (1939)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2034 due to Renewal R394277
  • Transparent Stuff (1940)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R412787
  • Two for a Bargain (1940)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R420856
  • The Bag of Skin (1940)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R419654
  • The Manci Curse (1940)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R443936
  • "Turn Over" in Weird Tales, 35 (6) (November-December 1940) (external scan)
  • "Edge of the Cliff" in Weird Tales, 35 (8) (March-April 1941)
  • "The Lost Gods" in Weird Tales, 36 (1) (September-October 1941)
  • "The White Lady" in Weird Tales, 36 (3) (January 1942) (external scan)
  • "The Enchanted River" in Weird Tales, 36 (5) (May 1942) (external scan)
  • "The Gothic Window" in Weird Tales, 37 (5) (May 1944)
  • A Year From Tonight (external scan)
  • "The Man in Purple" in Weird Tales, 39 (5) (May 1946) (external scan)
  • "The Cracks of Time" in Weird Tales, 40 (6) (September 1948)
  • "The Woman on the Balcony" in Weird Tales, 41 (6) (September 1949)
  • "The Artist and the Door" in Weird Tales, 44 (7) (November 1952)
  • "More Than Shadow" in Weird Tales, 46 (3) (July 1954)

Poetry

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 1962, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 62 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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