Complete Mystery Science of Cornelius Shea

US author for the silent screen and author of dime novels (see Dime-Novel SF), prolific in many categories but best remembered for marvel stories using a fairly consistent "mythology" of dwarfs, subterranean eruptions, and stage illusion masquerading as supernatural magic.


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In the Depths of the Dark Continent

In the Wonderful Land of Hez

In the Depths of the Dark Continent-

It describes a vicious She-like femme fatale (see H Rider Haggard), who rules a Hollow Earth kingdom far beneath a sinking Island which features sex-exploiting Amazons and a socialist Utopia founded by Egyptians who possess superscience.