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Not to be confused with Elton John, John Elton was a pseudonym of John Hargraves.

Another pseudonym for the prolific John Russel Fearn. I guess he thought science fiction should be written by people who had sci-fi-sounding names.

Here’s a quartet of British crime thrillers by Hank Janson (pseudonym of Stephen Frances).

Reginald Heade was the king of “good girl” art. Sister, don’t hate me…

How about a few vintage British paperbacks? I’ve got a banker’s box full of these.

Vargo Statten was one of several pseudonyms used by John Russel Fearn. Statten was so popular that Scion named a magazine after him.

You can’t go wrong with cover art by Ron Turner, probably the best of the British sci-fi cover artists.

Ace D-323. A lot of people blame the parents for these JDs, but I say these kids are just bad seeds.

Any other fans of the old Hitchcock anthologies?

The Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival was this weekend. The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Joan Crawford was a standout, featuring lots of great location shots of Palm Springs, including Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms estate as the bad guy’s luxury hangout.