Abdullah was
the Moslem name of Alexander Romanowski, a pulp magazine adventure
writer whose Wings: Tales of the Psychic (1920) is his best collection
of supernatural stories. The rest of his work is colourful
adventure, with only occassional elemets of fantasy. He achieved
Hollywood success with The Thief of Bagdad (1924), the novelisation of a
filmscript by Elton Thomas and Lotta Woods. He also edited
Fifty
Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East, Odhams (London), nd.
Short Stories
Wings: Tales of the Psychic, James A. McCann
(New York), 1920
Including: "Disappointment", "Fear", "Krishnavana,
Destroyer of Souls", "Khizir", "Light", "The Man Who Lost Caste",
"Renunciation", "Silence", "Tartar", "That Haunting Thing", "To Be
Accounted For", "Wings".
Novel
The Thief of
Bagdad, H. K. Fly (New York), [1924]
The thief Ahmed el-Bagdadi falls in love with
the Caliph's daughter. To win her hand he must bring a better gift
than other suitors, and along the way defeat his evil
potentialities. Many supernatutal devices are emplyed along the
way.
ditto, Burt, 1924
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