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 edition strips the original manuscript of ads and irrelevant news items, keeping only the stories and the notes from the original editor. It presents these stories in a way that is easier for modern readers on modern devices. PDF scans of the original magazine, as it would have been read in 1923, are available online.About the Pulp Fiction CollectionOur modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses.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.
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 edition strips the original manuscript of ads and irrelevant news items, keeping only the stories and the notes from the original editor. It presents these stories in a way that is easier for modern readers on modern devices. PDF scans of the original magazine, as it would have been read in 1923, are available online.About the Pulp Fiction CollectionOur modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses.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.
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