Lloyd Arthur Eshbach

Venerian n. 2	1930 L. A. Eshbach The Gray Plague in Astounding Stories of Super-Science Nov. 223/2 When he was almost certain that the torture was over, his hopes were suddenly destroyed. The three Venerians approached again, each bearing a number of vessels containing germ cultures. These they placed on the table at Parkinson’s side; then two of them withdrew, leaving the leader to continue his work. Uttering a few words in the Venerian tongue, he occupied…himself with something on the table, and a moment later turned toward the bacteriologist, a long needle in his hands.