====Arthur J. Burks==== Arthur J. Burks began his pulp career with a story in [[WeirdTales Weird Tales]] in 1924 and became quite prolific in the [[FantasyGenre science-fiction and fantasy]] genre. ===Background=== >>**Arthur J. Burks** **Born:** 1898 **Died:** 1974>>Burks provided stories for such publications as //[[SkyBirds Sky Birds]], [[SkyFighters Sky Fighters]], [[ThrillingMystery Thrilling Mystery]], [[PhantomDetective The Phantom Detective]], [[GeeEight G-8 and His Battle Aces]], [[AvengerThe The Avenger]]// and, of course, //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. He also had stories published under the psydonyms Estil Critchie and Spencer Whitney. Burks claimed to be able to write a story based around any object. Among his stories are: ~- “The Firecracker” (//[[AvengerThe The Avenger]]//, September 1939) ---- ==Categories== PulpContributors