(2018) When the short story market declined he penned pulp paperback books mostly for Horwitz Publications in Australia, but also sold to Ace Books in the USA.
(2018) Prior to his television work which began in the late 1960s Boutland wrote many hundreds of short stories for men's magazines.
(2018) He also published science fiction and was twice selected for Judith Merril's prestigious anthology of Years Best S-F.