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Jane Dixon Rice (April 30, 1913 – March 2, 2003) was an American science fiction and horror writer. Her science fiction debut was with "The Dream" in the July 1940 issue of ''Unknown'', edited by the legendary sf editor John W. Campbell. She published a number of other stories in ''Unknown''. Her werewolf story "The Refugee" from the October 1943 issue was selected by Campbell for his best of anthology ''From Unknown Worlds'' (1946)〔 and it was also anthologized in ''Rivals of Weird Tales'' (1990)〔 and the Library of America's ''American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now'' (2009), edited by Peter Straub. "The Idol of the Flies" from the June 1942 issue was also frequently anthologized. It concerns an evil boy named Pruitt who has been called "one of the most monstrous children in literature". Rice collaborated with Ruth Allison on the story "The Loolies Are Here" under the name Allison Rice for the anthology ''Orbit 1'' (1966), edited by Damon Knight.〔 She also published short fiction in a number of science fiction and non-genre magazines, including ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (under the name Mary Austin), ''Charm'', ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', ''Cosmopolitan'', and ''Ladies' Home Journal''.〔 Despite this history of publication, Rice's first book was not published until 1995 when Necronomicon Press published her horror novelette ''The Sixth Dog'' as a chapbook.〔 She did not live to see the publication of her second book, a collection of her short fiction called ''The Idol of the Flies and Other Stories'', published by Midnight House in 2003 as a limited edition of 500 copies. ==Personal life== Rice was a Roman Catholic and strongly opposed abortion.〔"Obituaries: Jane Dixon Rice." ''Greensboro News-Record.'' March 9, 2003.〕 She married John T. Rice, and the couple had a son, John.〔 Her husband preceded her in death, but she was survived by her son.〔 Rice died at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jane Rice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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