Author:Francis J. O'Neil

Title: The Japanese Tea Set Publication: Weird Tales, Vol. 44 No. 7, November 1952 (New York NY)

Ref (07/06/06): http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/library/stacks/periodicals/weirdta/wt1951/wt1952.htm

Title: The Tip-Off Publication: Stars & Stripes (?)

Author of both short stories believed to be a career US Marine Corps and WWII vet, born in Boston MA c. 1920, died in Santa Ana CA in 1967.