Jack Sharkey (writer)


John Michael Sharkey was an American writer who published over eighty plays, many under pen names.
Sharkey was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Mary Sharkey. In the 1960s, he wrote articles for Playboy and edited the company magazine for Allstate Insurance. He began publishing science fiction stories in 1959 with "The Captain of His Soul", which appeared in Fantastic. Over his career, he published about fifty stories in science fiction magazines such as Galaxy Science Fiction.
Sharkey wrote plays under his own name and four pseudonyms: Rick Abbot, Mark Chandler, Monk Ferris, and Mike Johnson.

Writing

; Contact / Jerry Norcriss Arcturus Times Three Big Baby A Matter of Protocol The Creature Inside
  • ''The Colony That Failed''

Novels

Murder, Maestro, Please
  • * German: Mord und Musik : Kriminalroman. Übersetzt von Friedrich A. Sommer. Signum Taschenbücher #149, 1963.The Secret Martians
  • * German: Die 15 Geiseln. Pabel, 1962.Death for Auld Lang Syne Ultimatum in 2050 A.D.
  • * German: Revolution um die Zukunft. Pabel, 1967.The Addams Family It’s Magic, You Dope!
  • ''The Crispin Affair''

Short stories

The Captain of His Soul The Obvious Solution The Arm of Enmord Queen of the Green Sun Bedside Monster The Kink-Remover Dolce Al Fine Let X = Alligator The Blackbird Ship Ahoy! Minor Detail Multum in Parvo The Man Who Was Pale To Each His Own Multum in Parvo Rides Again Old Friends Are the Best Doomsday Army The Dope On Mars The Business, As Usual The Final Ingredient
  • * German: Hexen-Einmaleins. In: Helmuth W. Mommers & Arnulf D. Krauß : 21 Grusel Stories – Ein Menü aus Alpträumen. Heyne, 1967.Squeeze Status Quaint According to Plan The Contact Point A Thread in Time Night Caller Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? The Flying Tuskers of K’niik-K’naak No Harm Done One Small Drawback Conversation with a Bug Robotum Delenda Est! Double or Nothing Behind the Door The Leech The Smart Ones The Trouble With Tweenity Collector’s Item
  • * Deutsch: Der letzte Beweis. In: Charlotte Winheller : Die Überlebenden. Heyne, 1964.The After Time The Aftertime The Awakening
  • * Deutsch: Das Erwachen. In: Walter Ernsting : 9 Science Fiction-Stories. Heyne, 1965.The Orginorg Way Survival of the Fittest
  • * Deutsch: Am Ende aller Träume. In: Charlotte Winheller : Die Kristallwelt. Heyne, 1964.At the Feelies Illusion The Twerlik Trade-In
  • * German: Die Dämonin. In: Walter Ernsting : Wanderer durch Zeit und Raum. Heyne, 1964.The Venus Charm Weetl Footnote to an Old Story Hear and Obey The Grooves Breakthrough
  • * German: Die Maschine mit Humor. In: Wulf H. Bergner : Grenzgänger zwischen den Welten. Heyne, 1967.The Pool The Seminarian Blue Boy Essentials Only Look Out Below Trouble with Hyperspace The Glorious Fourth Life Cycle Rate of Exchange The Phantom Ship
  • ''Cinderella Meets the Wolfman!: A Howlingly Funny Musical Spoof''

Plays

Here Lies Jeremy Troy M is for Million How Green Was My Brownie Kiss or Make Up Meanwhile, Back on the Couch A Gentleman and a Scoundrel Roomies Spinoff Who’s on First? What a Spoil Saving Grace Take a Number, Darling The Creature Creeps! Dream Lover Hope for the Best Rich Is Better The Murder Room Pushover Once Is Enough The Clone People Missing Link Turnabout Not the Count of Monte Cristo? Turkey in the Straw Operetta! My Son the Astronaut Par for the Corpse Play On! Honestly Now The Return of the Maniac Slow Down, Sweet Chariot Woman Overboard Your Flake or Mine? The Picture of Dorian Gray, from the novel by Oscar Wilde The Saloonkeeper’s Daughter The Second Lady And on the Sixth Day Dracula, the Musical? : Book, Music, and Lyrics The Bride of Brackenloch! I Take this Man
  • ''Sing On!''