Stephen Southwold

Stephen Southwold (1887–1964) attended St. Mark's College, Chelsea (1905–07) and worked as a schoolmaster. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1914 to 1919, then returned to teaching. He became a prolific British writer. Born Stephen Henry Critten, he used a number of pseudonyms, eventually changing his name to one of them, Stephen Southwold. He most often wrote as Neil Bell and also wrote as Miles, Stephen Green, S. H. Lambert, and Paul Martens.

He was born in Southwold, Suffolk. His change of name was apparently a reaction against his father. Initially writing a number of science fiction books, he later concentrated on conventional novels. He also wrote a large number of short stories, many of them under the Southwold name being for children. Bell also wrote several science fiction novels, including The Seventh Bowl (about immortality), The Gas War Of 1940 (about a future war), and the end of the world story The Lord of Life. Who Walk in Fear is a collection of horror stories.

Works

The Common Day (1915) poetry

In Between Stories (1923) as Stephen Southwold

Listen Children: Stories for Spare Moments (1926) as Stephen Southwold

Once Upon a Time Stories (1927) as Stephen Southwold

Ten-Minute Tales (1927) as Stephen Southwold

The Children's Play Hour Book (1927) editor, and sequels

Listen Again Children! (1928) as Stephen Southwold

Happy Families (1929) as Stephen Southwold

Man's Great Adventure (1929) as Stephen Southwold

The Seventh Bowl (1930) as Miles, then Neil Bell

True Tales of an Old Shellback (1930) as Stephen Southwold

Precious Porcelain (1931) as Neil Bell

Valiant Clay (1931) also as The Gas War of 1940, as Miles, then Neil Bell

Life and Andrew Otway (1931) as Neil Bell

The Disturbing Affair of Noel Blake (1932) as Neil Bell

The Marriage Of Simon Harper (1932) as Neil Bell

The Lord of Life (1933) novel, as Neil Bell

Bredon And Sons (1933) as Neil Bell

Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories (1933) as Stephen Southwold

Death Rocks the Cradle: A Strange Tale (1933) as Paul Martens, then as Neil Bell

The Truth About My Father (1934) as Paul Martens, then as Neil Bell

Winding Road (1934) as Neil Bell

The Days Dividing (1935) as Neil Bell

The Son of Richard Carden (1935) as Neil Bell

Mixed Pickles (1935) stories, as Neil Bell

Animal Stories (1935) as Stephen Southwold

More Animal Stories (1935) as Stephen Southwold

Forty More Tales (1935) as Stephen Southwold

Crocus (1936) as Neil Bell

Lucky Dip (1936) as Neil Bell

Strange Melody (1936) as Neil Bell

The Book of Animal Tales (1936) as Stephen Southwold

The Tales of Joe Egg (1936) as Stephen Southwold

Testament of Stephen Fane (1937) as Neil Bell