{{Short description|British writer (1847–1927)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Francis Henry Atkins''' (c. 1847–1927) was a British writer of "pulp fiction", in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers.<ref name="BouldButler2009">{{cite book|author1=Mark Bould|author2=Andrew Butler|author3=Adam Roberts|author4=Sherryl Vint|title=The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7CNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|date=30 March 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-22836-1|pages=19, 28}}</ref><ref name="Moruzi2016">{{cite book|author=Kristine Moruzi|title=Constructing Girlhood Through the Periodical Press, 1850–1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20Q3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA173%5D|date=23 May 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-16150-9|page=173}}</ref> He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aubrey_frank|title = Authors : Aubrey, Frank : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia}}</ref>
His son was writer Frank Howard Atkins.
==Bibliography==
*''The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British Guiana'' (1897) *''A Queen of Atlantis: A Romance of the Caribbean'' (1899) *''King of the Dead: A Weird Romance'' (1903) *''The Sacred Mountain'' (1904) *''The Sunken Island, or the Pirates of Atlantis'' (1904) *''The Radium Seekers, or The Wonderful Black Nugget'' (1905) *''The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island'' (1905) *''The Hermit of the Mountains'' (1907) *''A Trip to Mars'' (1907) *''A Son of the Stars'' (1908) *''A King of Mars'' (1909) *''By Airship to Ophir'' (1911) *''The Black Opal: A Romance of Thrilling Adventure'' (1915) *''In Polar Seas'' (1916)
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==External links== {{Portal |Science fiction}} * {{Gutenberg author|id=42493}} * {{isfdb name|122730|Frank Atkins}} * {{LCAuth|n80013091|Frank Aubrey|5|ue}} * LC catalogue records [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=ash%2C+fenton&searchCode=GKEY^*&searchType=0&recCount=25 as Fenton Ash] (2) <!-- no authorized heading for this pseudonym as of 2017-01-19 --> * [https://worldcat.org/identities/np-ash,%20fenton Fenton Ash] in WorldCat libraries (see also Frank Aubrey, below)
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