Gertrude Barrows Bennett texts and novel  the first novel Claimed%20 is black  on the web page but you still can open it    from the many links at right on the  reader perhaps a bug Gertrude Barrows Bennett From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search "Francis Stevens" redirects here. For other uses, see Francis Stevens (disambiguation). Gertrude Barrows BennettBornGertrude Mabel BarrowsSeptember 18, 1884[1]Minneapolis, MinnesotaDiedFebruary 2, 1948 (aged 63)San Francisco, California[2]Pen nameFrancis StevensOccupationWriter, stenographerNationalityAmericanPeriod1917–26 (fiction writer)GenreScience fiction, fantasyNotable works The Citadel of FearThe Heads of CerberusClaimedSpouseStewart BennettCarl Franklin Gaster Citadel of Fear was serialized in The Argosy in 1918 Gertrude Barrows Bennett (September 18, 1884 – February 2, 1948), known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction.[3] Bennett wrote a number of fantasies between 1917 and 1923[4] and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy".[5]Her most famous books include Claimed (which Augustus T. Swift, in a letter to The Argosy called "One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will ever read")[a] and the lost world novel The Citadel of Fear. Bennett also wrote an early dystopian novel, The Heads of Cerberus (1919).[7]