Question: Tales of Pain and Wonder have a the influence of which American writer born on August 6, 1874?

Context articles: Ambrose Pratt
Alexander Eliot
The Titan (collection)
Kiara Brinkman
Bronte Woodard
Charles Fort
James T. Shotwell
Tales of Pain and Wonder
Phil Lollar
Gary Shteyngart

Ambrose Goddard Hesketh Pratt (31 August 1874 – 13 April 1944) was an Australian writer born into a cultivated family in Forbes, New South Wales.
Alexander Eliot (April 28, 1919 – April 23, 2015) was an American writer born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for his works on spirituality and myth.
 He is the son of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr., the grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot, and the great-grandson of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard for fifty years.
 Eliot was the art editor of "Time" magazine from 1945 to 1960.
 His many books include "“The Universal Myths: Heroes, Gods, Tricksters, and Other”", "“The Global Myths: Exploring Primitive, Pagan, Sacred, and Scientific Mythologies”", and "“The Timeless Myths: How Ancient Legends Influence the Modern World”".
The Titan is a collection of science-fiction short stories by the American writer P. Schuyler Miller.
 It was first published by Fantasy Press in 1952 in an edition of 2,069 copies.
 The stories originally appeared in the magazines "Marvel Tales", "Astounding", "Weird Tales", "Amazing Stories" and "Wonder Stories".
 Miller recreated and revised the title piece (whose serialization was never finished) from an early longhand draft because the original manuscript had been lost.
Kiara Brinkman (born November 29, 1979) is an American writer born in Omaha, Nebraska now living in San Francisco, California.
 Her 2007 novel, "Up High in the Trees", was published by Grove Press and was widely reviewed.
 Brinkman has also authored several short stories.
 Her work has appeared in "One Story", "Pinelboyz", "Failbetter" and elsewhere.
 Her contribution to "McSweeney’s", "Counting Underwater," was named one of the 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2005 in "The Best American Short Stories 2006".
Bronte Woodard (October 8, 1940 – August 6, 1980) was an American writer best known for penning the adapted screenplay for the hit film "Grease".
 He was born October 8, 1940 in Alabama.
 He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1980 Village People film "Can't Stop the Music" with "Grease" producer Allan Carr.
 He also wrote a novel, "Meet Me at the Melba".
 Raised in Atlanta, he died of hepatitis-related liver failure at the age of 39 on August 6, 1980 in Los Angeles, California.
Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena.
 The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena.
 Fort's books sold well and are still in print.
 His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction.
James Thomson Shotwell (August 6, 1874 – July 15, 1965) was a Canada-born American history professor.
 He played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1919, as well as for his influence in promoting inclusion of a declaration of human rights in the UN Charter.
Tales of Pain and Wonder is Caitlín R. Kiernan's first short story collection.
 The stories are interconnected to varying degrees, and a number of Kiernan's characters reappear throughout the book, particularly Jimmy DeSade and Salmagundi Desvernine.
 The stories run the gamut from dark fantasy ("Rats Live on No Evil Star" and "Estate") to ghost stories and supernatural horror fiction ("Angels You Can See Through" and "Anamorphosis") to noir fiction ("Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun" and "Lafayette").
 A number of the stories have a decidedly H. P. Lovecraftian flavor and the influence of Charles Fort, as does much of Kiernan's fiction published since "Tales of Pain and Wonder".
 The stories are also united by a theme of cultural decay and loss of meaning in 20th-century society, as expressed by the collection's epilogue, Kiernan's only published poem, "Zelda Fitzgerald in Ballet Attire."
 Originally published in 2000 as an expensive limited-edition hardback by Gauntlet Publishing, it was reissued in trade paperback format in 2002 by Meisha Merlin Publishing.
 In 2008, Subterranean Press re-issued the book again, in a limited edition hardcover, with a new author's introduction and two new stories, "Mercury" and "Salammbô Redux", and omitting the story "Angels You Can See Through".
 All three editions include artwork by Canadian illustrator Richard A. Kirk, as well as an introduction by anthologist/novelist Douglas E. Winter and an afterword by novelist Peter Straub.
Phil Lollar (born August 6, 1959) is an American writer, director, voice actor, and producer for the Focus on the Family-created radio drama, "Adventures in Odyssey".
 He is credited as being one of the show's creators.
 He also provided the voice for one of characters from the show, Dale Jacobs.
 He also worked on the "", the "Little Dogs on the Prairie" videos and Big Idea's "3-2-1 Penguins!
" series.
 He is currently a script supervisor for "Paws and Tales" and is developing a project called "Iliad House".
Gary Shteyngart (born Igor Semyonovich Shteyngart; July 5, 1972) is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR.
 Much of his work is satirical.