Background
Fritch was born in Utica, New New York
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Charles Fritch
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He served in World World War II as a paratrooper and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree English and a minor in Psychology so that he could "get inside the heads of his story characters".
Career
He was the Editor of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine from 1979 until 1985. His short-story, "Misfortune Cookie" was adapted for an episode of The Twilight Zone television series. At age 10, he dreamed of being a science fiction writer and kept notes on story ideas in a notebook.
In the early 1950s, he moved to Los Angeles where he met William F. Nolan with whom he been corresponding about Nolan"s publication The Ray Bradbury Review.
Fritch sold stories to science fiction and mystery magazines and also published Gamma with Nolan as managing editors He also wrote provocative mystery novels, including Negative of a Nude, 7 Deadly Sinners, and Strip for Murder and sold to various markets under several pen names.
Fritch is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Membership
Nolan introduced him to writer Charles Beaumont and he soon became a member of "The Group", also referred to as The Southern California School of Writers whose members included Beaumont, Nolan, John Tomerlin, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, OCee Ritch, Chad Oliver, and by extension, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, and Harlan Ellison.
