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About Long: Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 - January 3, 1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos. During his life, Long received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (at the 1978 World Fantasy Convention), the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (in 1987, from the Horror Writers Association), and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award (1977). Frank Belknap Long. | feedboo is The Calm Man Long Frank Belknap Published 1954 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Source http 1 About Long Frank Belknap Long April 27 1901 - January 3 1994 was a prolific American writer of horror fiction fantasy science fiction poetry gothic romance comic books and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories including early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos. During his life Long received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement at the 1978 World Fantasy Convention the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987 from the Horror Writers Association and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award 1977 . Frank Belknap Long was born in New York City in 1901 and grew up in the Harlem area of Manhattan. A lifelong resident of New York City he was educated in the New York City public school system. As a boy he was fascinated by natural history and wrote that he dreamed of running away from home and explore the great rain forests of the Amazon. Though writing was to be his life s work he once commented that as important as writing is I could have been completely happy if I had a secure position in a field that has always had a tremendous emotion an and imaginative appeal for me that of natural history. In his late teens he was active in the United Amateur Press Association UAPA . Long s story The Eye Above the Mantel 1921 in UAPA caught the eye of H. P. Lovecraft sparking a friendship and correspondence that would endure until Lovecraft s death in 1937. Long attended New York University from 1920 to 1921 studying journalism. In 1921 he suffered a severe attack of appendicitis leading to a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. He spent a month in New York s Roosevelt Hospital where he came close to dying. Long s brush with death propelled him into a decision that he would leave college to pursue a freelance writing career. In 1923 at the age of