Fortean Society

The Fortean Society was a New York-based organisation, formed in 1931 by Theodore Dreiser, J. David Stern, Tiffany Thayer, Ben Hecht, Booth Tarkington, Burton Rascoe, Alexander Wollcott, Aaron Sussman, and others, to perpetuate the ideas and writings of iconoclastic author Charles Fort. While briefly maintaining a rotating body of editors - including Dreiser, the society's original President, and other founding members - in the first years of its existence, the society ultimately came under the exclusive direction and leadership of Tiffany Thayer.

After Thayer's death in 1959, the society effectively ceased to exist; it's archives were ultimately acquired by Ron and Paul Willis of the International Fortean Organization (INFO) in 1961.

Selected Publications

 * &mdash; issues 1-10
 * &mdash; issues 11-61