Abraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 – August 21, 1943) – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction.The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers.
Douglas Rosa, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, Avon, 1973.Daniel Horne, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1991.Uncredited artist, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1932.Boris Vallejo, Dwellers in the Mirage (French) by A. Merritt, 1979.Uncredited artist, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1965.Ned Dameron, 1991, The Snake Mother, back cover (and half of an interior illo) for the Donald Grant hardcover of The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt.Uncredited artist, The Fox Woman and Other Stories by A. Merritt, 1949, a collection of 9 tales including Merritt’s first published story, The People of the Pit.Uncredited artist, The Metal Monster by A. Merritt, 1993.Don Punchatz, The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt, 1967.Enrich, Dwellers in the Mirage (German = “Queen of the Shadow Empire”) by A.Merritt, 1978.Patrick Woodroffe, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1974.Enrich, Dwellers in the Mirage (German = “Lair of the Kraken”) by A. Merritt, 1978.Ned Dameron, The Face in the Abyss, Donald Grant hardcover, 1991. Beautifully illustrated with (mostly) color double-page artwork by Ned Dameron.Patrick Woodroffe, Dwellers in the Mirage.Uncredited artist, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1952.Uncredited artist, The Face in the Abyss, 1931.Daniel Horne, The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt, 1992.Yanagi Shuji, Dwellers in the Mirage (Mirage Warrior in Japanese) by A. Merritt, 1970.Doug Rosa, The Metal Monster by A. Merritt, Avon S231, 1966.Patrick Woodroffe, The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt 1974.Philippe Caza, Dwellers in the Mirage (French) by A. Merritt, 1974.Rodney Matthews, The Face in the Abyss, 1978. The Snake Mother vs. the evil Nimir, the face that sweats gold.Uncredited artist, The Face in the abyss, 1957.Paul Stahr, The Metal Monster by A. Merritt, 1945. The blasé redhead cover.Unknown artist, Les Habitants du Mirage by A. Merritt. This looks more appropriate for 7 Footprints to Satan.Uncredited artist, Dwellers, 1944. Why is a romantic cover for an adventure fantasy novel being published as a Murder Mystery Monthly book?Unknown artist, Les Habitants du Mirage by A. Merritt.Patrick Woodroffe, The Face in the Abyss, 1974.Doug Rosa, The Metal Monster by A. Merritt, 1966.Bera Károly, Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt, 1996. Pretty cover. Strangely, in Hungarian it’s called “Warrior Fighters.” Seems redundant!Renaldo Epworth, Creep, Shadow Creep by A. Merritt, 1947.James Cawthorn, The Metal Monster, 1962.Sebastien Jourdain, Les Habitants du Mirage by A. Merritt, 2015.
