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Jack Sharkey (1931–1992)

Author of The Addams Family

70+ Works 372 Members 3 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Jack Sharkey, John Michael Sharkey

Also includes: Mike Johnson (6)

Disambiguation Notice:

Jack Sharkey (1931-1992), American author; full name was John Michael Sharkey He wrote both science fiction and plays.

Works by Jack Sharkey

The Addams Family (1965) 63 copies
Ultimatum in 2050 A.D / Our Man in Space (1963) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Secret Martians / Sanctuary In The Sky (1960) — Contributor — 40 copies
While the lights were out: An off-the-wall murder farce (1988) 18 copies
Murder Room (1969) 18 copies
The Dope on Mars (2010) 11 copies
The Secret Martians (1960) 11 copies
Here Lies Jeremy Troy (1969) 9 copies
Who's on First? (2011) 8 copies
Old Friends Are the Best (2011) 8 copies
Minor Detail (2011) 7 copies
Double or Nothing (2014) 6 copies
I take this man: A screwball farce (1991) 6 copies
The pinchpenny phantom of the opera: An affordable musical comedy (1988) 6 copies
Saving Grace (1976) 5 copies
The perfect murder : a thriller (1989) 5 copies
Ultimatum in 2050 A.D. (1965) 4 copies
Death for Auld Lang Syne (1962) 4 copies
Kiss or Make up, a Comedy in three Acts (1972) 4 copies
Il secondo libro delle metamorfosi — Author — 4 copies
The Awakening 3 copies
A Gentleman and a Scoundrel (1973) 3 copies
And on the sixth day--: A musical drama (1984) 3 copies
One Toe In The Grave (1986) 3 copies
Take a number, darling: A comedy in three acts (2012) 3 copies
To Each His Own 3 copies
Return of the maniac: A thriller (1981) 3 copies
The Twerlik [short story] 3 copies
The Clone People: A Thriller (1978) 3 copies
Just say yes! : a comedy (2002) 2 copies
The Business, As Usual (2016) 2 copies
A Matter of Protocol (2016) 2 copies
Big Baby (2016) 2 copies
It's magic, you dope! (2009) 2 copies
Arcturus Times Three 2 copies
The swan song: A study in terror (1990) 2 copies
Spinoff (Acting Edition) (1974) 2 copies
Meanwhile, Back on the Couch...: A Comedy in Three Acts (1973) 2 copies
Multum in Parvo [short fiction] (1959) 2 copies
No Harm Done [short story] 2 copies
Missing Link, A Romantic Comedy (Play Script booklet) (1978) 2 copies
El Señor de los Uffts 1 copy
Double Exposure (1978) 1 copy
Programmed People/Slaves of the Crystal Brain (2010) 1 copy
Old Friends are Best 1 copy
The Pool [short story] 1 copy
Our Man In Space Ultimatum In 2050 A.D. 1 copy
The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak 1 copy
Take a Number Darling 1 copy
Queen Of The Green Sun 1 copy
Dracula The Real Story 1 copy
The premature corpse: A crime thriller (1990) 1 copy
Your Flake or Mine? (A Play) (2017) 1 copy
The Creature Inside 1 copy
Conversation with a Bug [short story] 1 copy
The Contact Point 1 copy
Honestly, now!: A crime comedy (1981) 1 copy
Hope for the best: A musical comedy in three acts (French's acting edition) (1977) 1 copy
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins' classic tale The woman in white!: A cautionary chronicle of monstrous evil and… (1987) 1 copy
Money, power, murder, lust, revenge and marvelous clothes 1 copy
Star on the door: A new comedy (1992) 1 copy
The Girl Who Threw Better Than the Boys (2004) 1 copy
My husband the wife 1 copy
What a Spot! (1976) 1 copy
The saloonkeeper's daughter: A musical melodrama (1982) 1 copy
100 lunches: A gourmet comedy (1989) 1 copy
Rich is better: A comedy in three acts (1977) 1 copy
Once Is Enough: A Comedy In Two Acts (1977) 1 copy
The picture of Dorian Gray (1982) 1 copy
Roomies! (2011) 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 508 copies
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001) — Contributor — 186 copies
10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1965) — Contributor — 179 copies
5th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1960) — Contributor — 148 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 14th Series (1965) — Author, some editions — 108 copies
The Vampire Omnibus (1995) — Contributor — 79 copies
The 6 Fingers of Time (1965) — Contributor — 61 copies
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2020) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Bedside Playboy (1963) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1964, Vol. 27, No. 5 (1964) — Author — 12 copies
Fantastic. No. 058 (August 1959) (1959) — Contributor — 4 copies
Thrilling Science Fiction, October 1973 (1973) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 097 (November 1962) (1962) — Contributor — 3 copies
Fantastic. No. 057 (July 1959) (1959) 2 copies
Horror Gems, Vol. Three: August Derleth and others (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 098 (December 1962) — Contributor — 2 copies
9 science fiction stories — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Great Science Fiction from Fantastic No. 4 (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
Fantastic science fiction stories. No. 069 (July 1960) — Contributor — 1 copy
Horror Gems, Volume Six (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy
Short Science Fiction Collection 043 — Author — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Sharkey, John Michael
Other names
Abbot, Rick
Ferris, Monk
Chandler, Mark
Johnson, Mike
Birthdate
1931-05-06
Date of death
1992-09-28
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Place of death
Laguna Hills, California, USA
Disambiguation notice
Jack Sharkey (1931-1992), American author; full name was John Michael Sharkey He wrote both science fiction and plays.

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El Señor de los Uffts by Jack Sharkey
Jack Sharkey,Fritz Leiber,John L. Chapman,Murray Leinster
 
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Vigonmi | Nov 16, 2023 |
The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak by Jack Sharkey
Great White Hunter gets his comeuppance. Nicely done--and short.
 
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datrappert | Jul 23, 2021 |
Morning, Noon, and Night (Three One-Act Plays) by Isreal Horovitz
Morning - 3m, 2f
Noon - 3m, 2f
Night - 3m, 2f
 
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CornStockTheatre | Feb 23, 2016 |
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Works
70
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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