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James Moss Cardwell

This article is about the American writer. For other people with the same name, see James Cardwell (disambiguation).

James Moss Cardwell (January 17, 1926 – April 11, 1990),[1][2][3][4][Note 1] who used the pen name Adobe James,[5] was an American writer and educator.[6]

James Moss Cardwell
Born(1926-01-17)January 17, 1926
Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedApril 11, 1990(1990-04-11) (aged 64)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Pen nameAdobe James
OccupationWriter, educator
Alma materPomona College[1]

He is best known for his horror stories, such as The Ohio Love Sculpture and The Road to Mictlantecutli, which appeared in anthologies edited by Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert van Thal, and others.[7] He also wrote short stories and articles for men's magazines.[8]

Career edit

Cardwell was a president of California's Monterey Peninsula College,[9] and a long-standing member of the Diogenes Club,[3] a Sherlock Holmes appreciation society.[10] His unproduced musical play "Mrs. Hudson? Mrs. Hudson!!", a Sherlockian pastiche, was published posthumously in 2000, with illustrations by Jean-Pierre Cagnat [fr].[11][12]

Cardwell was survived by his third wife, Julie.[1][13]

Selected bibliography edit

Short stories edit

As Adobe James:[7]

  • The Ohio Love Sculpture (1963)
  • I'll Love You – Always (1964)
  • The Revenge (1964)
  • Puppetmaster (1965)
  • The Road to Mictlantecutli (1965)
  • Tomorrow and ... Tomorrow (1967)
  • An Apparition at Noon (1968)
  • The Spelling Bee (1989)

According to one source Cardwell used another pseudonym, James McArdwell, to write The Green Umbilical Cord (1968).[14]

Play edit

  • "Mrs. Hudson? ... Mrs. Hudson!!" (2000) (published posthumously as James Moss Cardwell) ISBN 978-1552462072

Influences edit

Cardwell's editor, Michael Kean, has discussed similarities between Cardwell's 1967 story "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and Michael Winner's 1974 film Death Wish. Cardwell's 1964 story "The Revenge" closely resembles a 1947 story, "Revenge" – attributed to an otherwise unknown writer, Samuel Blas[15] – which was twice adapted for television's Alfred Hitchcock Presents (in 1955 and 1985),[1] and was also used as a plot in a number of horror comics.[16][17] However, as Cardwell is not credited for these adaptations, it remains unclear whether these similarities are coincidental.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Most sources support the 1926 birth year, although some library records state 1929.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Cardwell, James Moss (2000). Kean, Michael H. (ed.). Mrs. Hudson? ... Mrs. Hudson!! : a conceptual narrative treatment of an original musical. Shelburne, Ontario: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. ISBN 1552462072.
  2. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". Family Search. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "James M. Cardwell". The Baker Street Journal. 39–40. Fordham University Press: 174. 1989.
  4. ^ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998". Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via FamilySearch.org. (registration required)
  5. ^ Ashley, Mike; Contento, William G. (1995). The Supernatural Index: a listing of fantasy, supernatural, occult, weird, and horror anthologies. Greenwood Press. p. 317. ISBN 0313240302.
  6. ^ Pronzini, Bill; Malzberg, Barry N.; Greenberg, Martin H., eds. (2010). Masters of horror and the supernatural: the great tales. New York: Bristol Park Books. p. 384. ISBN 978-0884864738.
  7. ^ a b "Adobe James – Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ^ "James, Adobe; pseudonym of James Moss Cardwell". The FictionMags Index. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  9. ^ Taylor, Mary S. (January 24, 2014). "Cardwell". CAGenWeb Monterey County Genealogy. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  10. ^ Nix, Kelly. "Sherlock Holmes Club endures for decades". The Carmel Pine Cone. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  11. ^ "Mrs Hudson? Mrs Hudson!". The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  12. ^ Blau, Peter E. (January 2001). "Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press" (PDF). Sherlocktron. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  13. ^ "Johnny Mains Pops In For a Chat". The Ginger Nuts of Horror. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  14. ^ "James McArdwell – Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  15. ^ Blas, Samuel (January 11, 1947). "Revenge". Collier's Weekly: 14, 64. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ^ "Revenge". Scary For Kids. February 13, 2015. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  17. ^ Ho, Oliver (January 14, 2010). "Borderland Speakeasy: Echoes of Vengeance". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
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