Publisher's Synopsis
This is the readers' edition of the second issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.
This collection includes:
- The Scar, by Carl Rasmus
- Beyond the Door, by J. Paul Suter
- The Tortoise Shell Comb, by Roylston Markham
- A Photographic Phantasm, by Paul Crumpler, M.D.
- The Living Nightmare, by Anton M. Oliver
- The Incubus, by Hamilton Craigie
- The Bodymaster, by Harold Ward
- Jungle Death, by Artemus Calloway
- The Snake Fiend, by Farnsworth Wright
- A Square of Canvas, by Anthony M. Rud
- The Affair of the Man in Scarlet, by Julian Kilman
- The Hideous Face, byVictor Johns
- The Forty Jars, by Ray McGillivray
- The Wish, by Myrtle Levy Gaylord
- The Whispering Thing [Part 1 of 2], by Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn
- The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 2 of 2], by Otis Adelbert Kline
- The Conquering Will, by Ted Olson
- Six Feet of Willow-Green, by Carroll K. Michener
- The Hall of the Dead, by Francis D. Grierson
- The Parlor Cemetery, by C. E. Howard
- Golden Glow, by Harry Irving Shumway
This collection attempts to create a modernized version of these magazines, taking the short stories from each public domain issue and assembling them in a more modern collection format. For a scanned facsimile of the original issue, complete with original ads and formatting, visit MythBank.com.