that when I want to read weird detective stories I'll buy them, but when I sit down to read your magazine I don't expect to find weird detective stories included therein. I predict that the majority of the readers will endorse that statement. I think that the story. The Way Home, by Paul Frederick Stern, was the eeriest story I have had the pleasure of reading for some time. In my opinion, for sheer weirdness it surpassed Shadows in Zamboula. Yours for weirder Weird Tales."
Hamilton and Moore
Alvin V. Pershing writes from Bowling Green, Kentucky: "The Six Sleepers was one of the BEST stories ever published by Weird Tales. By all means let us have a sequel to this story. The Cold Gray God was an improvement on Moore's stories, if improvement is a possibility with his near-perfect artistry. The October issue is the best this year, although my favorite author, Clark Ashton Smith, was not among the authors.
No Like?
Sidney Slomich, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, writes: "The November issue is one of the worst you have put out. The cover is a disgrace. Why can't you have a truly weird design on it? Shadows of Zamboula is not weird. The Consuming Flame is terrible. That, too, is not a weird tale. The Hand of Wrath is fair. The best story in the issue is When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed. This is an ingenious little tale. It is closely followed by The Carnival of Death and The Way Home. The rest of the stories are terrible, especially the Poe reprint.”
Concise Comments
Margaret Van Hausen, of Binghamton, New York, writes: "I like the covers. But I do think detective stories are a mistake in this magazine. The Way Home by Paul Frederick Stern is really weird."
Edward Helenik, of New York City, writes: "The Way Home was perfect. Why not have a space-ship story, with a picture on the front cover?"
Kenneth Garner, of Sioux City, Iowa, writes: "Shadows in Zamboula is very good. The Way Home elicits pity—it is a fine type of story. The Carnival of Death is a well-written mystery."
Your Favorite Story
Readers, what is your favorite story in this issue? Write us a letter, or fill out the coupon at the bottom of this page, and send it to the Eyrie, in care of this magazine. Your favorite story in the November issue, as shown by your votes and letters, was The Way Home by Paul Frederick Stern. This was closely pressed for first choice by Shadows in Zamboula, Robert E. Howard's thrill-tale about Conan the barbarian adventurer.
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