McNeilly, Wilfred Glassford
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1921-1983) Scottish author of numerous novels and stories under a variety of names as well as several 1960s nonfantastic titles under his own name; there has not yet been established a reliable list of titles by McNeilly under various pseudonyms and House Names. He achieved some minor notoriety when he claimed in print to have written all the work published under the byline W Howard Baker – actually McNeilly's editor on stories written for the Sexton Blake Library and for Press Editorial Syndicate – and various other Baker pseudonyms, a claim since disproved. McNeilly did write (as Errol Lecale) the Specialist series: Tigerman of Terrahpur (1973), Castledoom (1974), The Severed Hand (1974), The Death Box (1974), Zombie (1975) and Blood of My Blood (1975). As Peter Saxon, another House Name, he co-wrote with Baker two tales in the Guardians sequence: Dark Ways to Death (1968) and The Haunting of Alan Mais (1969), the first of these being based on McNeilly's solo Sexton Blake Library title Come Dark, Come Evil (1962). Non-series collaborations with Baker include The Darkest Night (1966) and The Torturer (1966). Solo titles as Saxon include Satan's Child (1967) and Corruption (dated 1968 but 1969). a Tie to the film. McNeilly is also credited with Drums of the Dark Gods: A Black Magic Novel of Terror (1966) as by W A Ballinger; two Sexton Blake titles of sf interest, Let My People Be (1965) as by Desmond Reid – which treats the Irish "Little People" as a Lost Race – and The Case of the Muckrakers (1966); and Alpha-Omega (1977) as by Wilfred Glassford. [SH/JC/DR]
Wilfred Glassford McNeilly
born Georgetown, Strathclyde, Scotland: 8 March 1921
died Bexleyheath, Kent: 5 May 1983
works (certainly incomplete)
series
Sexton Blake
- Let My People Be (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965) as by Desmond Reid [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- The Case of the Muckrakers (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1966) as by Desmond Reid [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
Guardians
- The Guardians #2: Dark Ways to Death (London: Howard Baker Publishers, 1968) with W Howard Baker writing together as Peter Saxon [tie: Guardians: hb/]
- The Haunting of Alan Mais (New York: Berkley Books, 1969) with W Howard Baker writing together as Peter Saxon [tie: Guardians: pb/Jeff Jones]
Specialist
- Tigerman of Terrahpur (London: New English Library, 1973) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
- Castledoom (London: New English Library, 1974) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
- The Severed Hand (London: New English Library, 1974) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
- The Death Box (London: New English Library, 1974) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
- Zombie (London: New English Library, 1975) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
- Blood of My Blood (London: New English Library, 1975) as by Errol Lecale [Specialist: pb/]
individual titles
- Drums of the Dark Gods: A Black Magic Novel of Terror (New York: Paperback Library, 1966) as by W A Ballinger [pb/]
- The Torturer (London: Mayflower, 1966) with W Howard Baker [pb/]
- The Darkest Night (London: Mayflower, 1966) with W Howard Baker [pb/]
- Satan's Child (New York: Lancer Books, 1967) as by Peter Saxon [pb/Jeff Jones]
- Satan's Child / The Darkest Night (no place given: Ferox Press, 2018) [omni of the above two: pb/Jeff Jones]
- Corruption (London: Sphere Books, 1969) [tie to the film: book dated 1968: pb/]
- Alpha-Omega (London: New English Library, 1977) as by Wilfred Glassford [pb/]
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