Jarvis, Sharon
Entry updated 19 January 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1943- ) US author whose activity in fandom included letters published in Algol, Locus and Science Fiction Review in the late 1970s. Her fiction has mostly been written with collaborators under joint pseudonyms. As Jarrod Comstock she published the These Lawless Worlds sequence of mildly erotic sf in Planetary Romance settings: These Lawless Worlds #1: The Love Machine (1984) with Ellen M Kozak, These Lawless Worlds #2: Scales of Justice (1984) with Ellen M Kozak, and Kingdom Come (1985) solo. As Johanna Hailey she published with Marcia Yvonne Howl (1947- ) three elf fantasies: Enchanted Paradise (1985), Crystal Paradise (1986) and Beloved Paradise (1987). As H M Major she published with Kathleen Buckley the Alien Trace sf sequence, equally mild in its eroticism: The Alien Trace (1984) and Time Twister (1984). As Jarvis, she edited the nonfiction Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look at Their Craft (anth 1985) and three anthologies in the True Tales of the Unknown sequence [see Checklist below]. [JC/DRL]
Sharon Sylvia Jarvis
born New York: 1 October 1943
works
series
These Lawless Worlds
- These Lawless Worlds #1: The Love Machine (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1984) with Ellen M Kozak, writing together as by Jarrod Comstock [These Lawless Worlds: pb/Jerry Bingham]
- These Lawless Worlds #2: Scales of Justice (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1984) with Ellen M Kozak, writing together as by Jarrod Comstock [These Lawless Worlds: pb/Jerry Bingham]
- Kingdom Come (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1985) as by Jarrod Comstock [These Lawless Worlds: pb/]
Alien Trace
- The Alien Trace (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1984) with Kathleen Buckley, writing together as by H M Major [Alien Trace: pb/Ken W Kelly]
- Time Twister (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1984) with Kathleen Buckley, writing together as by H M Major [Alien Trace: pb/Ken W Kelly]
Paradise
- Enchanted Paradise (New York: Zebra Books, 1985) with Marcia Yvonne Howl, writing together as by Johanna Hailey [Paradise: pb/Pino Daeni]
- Crystal Paradise (New York: Zebra Books, 1986) with Marcia Yvonne Howl, writing together as by Johanna Hailey [Paradise: pb/Pino Daeni]
- Beloved Paradise (New York: Zebra Books, 1987) with Marcia Yvonne Howl, writing together as by Johanna Hailey [Paradise: pb/Pino Daeni]
works as editor
series
True Tales of the Unknown
- True Tales of the Unknown (New York: Bantam Books, 1985) [anth: True Tales of the Unknown: pb/]
- True Tales of the Unknown #2: The Uninvited (New York: Bantam Books, 1989) [anth: True Tales of the Unknown: pb/]
- True Tales of the Unknown #3: Beyond Reality (New York: Bantam Books, 1991) [anth: True Tales of the Unknown: pb/]
individual titles as editor
- Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look at Their Craft (New York: Frederick Ungar, 1985) [nonfiction: anth: hb/Edgar Blakeney]
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