by Frank Owen. It was a refreshing relief compared with your heavy horror tales. I am unable to understand why some of your readers did not like it. Please give us more of this type. Howard's stories possess a virility your other authors couldn't duplicate, and I was especially pleased with Dig Me No Grave and Black Hound of Death. Those tales were strong in horror, and I am unable to decide which is the best. His best character creation was Solomon Kane, in my opinion."
Bouquets and Brickbats
Arthur E. Walker, of Colorado Springs, writes: "As a constant reader of your magazine for a good many years, I want to register a few compliments and kicks. I realize, of course, that you cannot have each story a top-notcher every month. However, Weird Tales is the best magazine I have found and it improves through the years. The Last Archer and Shambleau are two of the best tales I ever read. Howard's stuff read like a passage from the Arabian Nights and I, too, lament his passing. A bit of love interest adds to your stories. I like Doctor Satan and also Lovecraft's stories. Seabury Quinn rates much higher when he drops the silly de Grandin stuff. Like one of your contributors, I have had enough of the forbidden books, the discussion of which takes up about half of the story. I am also getting fed up with the 'old ones' who are continually wriggling into the third dimension through forbidden nooks and crannies. Some of your yarns are too complex; they sound more like half-baked lectures on higher mathematics than ghost stories. I lose interest in the story, trying to figure out the significance of triangles, trapezoids and pentagons. . . . Your best story this month is Duar the Accursed."
Symphony of the Damned
Harry C. Williamson, of Los Angeles, writes: "I have just finished reading Symphony of the Damned by John R. Speer, and just wanted to drop you a line telling you how very much I enjoyed it. The plot is very good and the author pictures his characters so vividly that the readers can almost live the story as they read along. There is just enough blood and thunder in it to make it good reading and in no way revolting. I only hope we shall soon have
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