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A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL

Volume 23
CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1934
Number 2


Cover Design M. Brundage

Illustrating a scene in "The Sapphire Goddess"

The Sapphire Goddess Nictzin Dyalhis 146

A tale of terrific adventures in another dimension of space

The Virus of Hell William H. Pope 167

A grim, prophetic story of fifty years hence, when Organized Crime rules the United States

The Valley of the Worm Robert E. Howard 193

A hair-raising and fascinating weird story of the childhood of our race

Tarbis of the Lake E. Hoffmann Price 208

She was a living, breathing woman with a living woman's passion—but what was the thing that lay in the mummy-case like a corpse within its coffin?

The Man Who Returned Edmond Hamilton 219

The story of a man who was laid away in the tomb and returned to his friends

The Place of Hairy Death Anthony Rud 229

A tale of a horde of poisonous spiders in a hidden treasure-room of the Mayas

To a Bullet-Pierced Skull Alfred I. Tooke 235

Verse

The Solitary Hunters (part 2) David H. Keller 236

A powerful novel of living death in the crater of an extinct volcano

The Witchcraft of Ulua Clark Ashton Smith 253

A bizarre tale of the weird sendings of a wicked woman, and the luckless youth whom she entangled in her toils

Nocturne Herbert Kaufman, Jr. 259

Verse

Weird Story Reprint:

The Sixth Tree Edith Lichty Stewart 260

A fascinating story from WEIRD TALES of ten years ago

The Star-Gazer Climbs Hazel Burden 263

Verse

The Eyrie 264

A chat with the readers

The Lantern Hung Long Tom 272

Verse





Published monthly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second-class matter March 20, 1923, at the post office at Indianapolis, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Single copies, 25 cents; Subscription, $3.00 a year in the United States, $4.00 a year in Canada. English office: Charles Lavell, 13, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, E. C. 4, London. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts, although every care will be taken of such material while in their possession. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced either wholly or in part without permission from the publishers.

NOTE—All manuscripts and communications should be addressed to the publishers' Chicago office at 840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Editor.

Copyright, 1934, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company.

COPYRIGHTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

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