Author:Gertrude Hemken

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Gertrude Hemken
(1912–1992)

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Science fiction fan and frequent letter-writer to the pulp magazines of the 1930s. Lived at 5730 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Works

"Enthusiasm Plus," letter to Weird Tales (January 1936, vol. 27, no. 1)
"Miss Hemken's Comments," letter to Weird Tales (August-September 1936, vol. 28, no. 2)
"French Phrases," letter to Weird Tales (October 1936, vol. 28, no. 3)
"Trudy," letter to Weird Tales (January 1937, vol. 29, no. 1)
"Oogy! Oogier! Oogiest!," letter to Weird Tales (February 1937, vol. 29, no. 2)
"The Little Eaglets," letter to Weird Tales (July 1937, vol. 30, no. 1)
A letter to Weird Tales (August 1937, vol. 30, no. 2)
"Trudy Answers Our Critics," letter to Weird Tales (October 1937, vol. 30, no. 4)
"Here It Is," letter to Weird Tales (December 1937, vol. 30, no. 6)
"Trudy," letter to Weird Tales (February 1938, vol. 31, no. 2)
"A Letter from Miss Hemken," letter to Weird Tales (March 1938, vol. 31, no. 3)

Other letters

"Or What Have You?", letter to Astounding Stories (March 1931)^[1]
"Gr-r-r—She's Mad!", letter to Astounding Stories (March 1931)
Letter Weird Tales (Oct 1931)^[2]
Letter Weird Tales (May 1932)
Letter Weird Tales (Sep 1934)
Letter Weird Tales (Feb 1935)
Letter Weird Tales (Feb 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (Apr 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (May 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (Jun 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (Jul 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (Dec 1936)
Letter Weird Tales (Mar 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (Apr 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (May 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (Jun 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (Sep 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (Nov 1937)
Letter Weird Tales (Jan 1938)
Letter Weird Tales (Apr 1938)
Letter Weird Tales (May 1938)
Letter Weird Tales (Jun 1938)
Letter Weird Tales (Jul 1938)
Letter Golden Fleece (Mar 1939)
Potato Chowder recipe syndicated in the "Housewife's Food Almanack" of January 22, 1939 (syndicated to e.g. The Milwaukee Sentinel of that date)^[3]

References

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1992, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 31 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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[1] Project Gutenberg

[2] FictionMags Index

[3] Image of newspaper clipping on the blog "Tellers of Weird Tales", December 2022

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