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A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL

Volume 27
CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1936
Number 1


Cover Design M. Brundage

Illustrating a scene in "A Rival from the Grave"

A Rival from the Grave Seabury Quinn 2

A tale of creeping horror that rises to a climax of sheer terror—an exploit of Jules de Grandin

The Satin Mask August W. Derleth 25

What weird doom made the wearing of that mash so deadly?—a strange and eery story

Horror Insured Paul Ernst 34

Another amazing story about Doctor Satan, the world's weirdest criminal

In Davy Jones's Locker Alfred I. Tooke 52

Verse

The Dark Land C. L. Moore 53

A story about an eldritch woman, so gruesome, so deadly that only the pen of C. L. Moore can describe her

The Hour of the Dragon (part 2) Robert E. Howard 72

A vivid weird novel of a thousand thrills—a tale of Conan the barbarian

Gray Ghosts Clarence Edwin Flynn 105

Verse

Rendezvous Richard H. Hart 106

The story of a ghostly ferry-boat on the Mississippi, and an engineer who refused to drink

Return to Death J. Wesley Rosenquest 111

A weird tale about a man suspected of being a vampire

They Robert Barbour Johnson 115

A dreadful horror waited on the stone slab in Dead Man's Canyon

Weird Story Reprint:

Dagon H. P. Lovecraft 118

An eldritch tale from an early issue of WEIRD TALES

The Eyrie 124

The readers of this magazine express their opinions



Published monthly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 East 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 rates: One One year in the United States and posessions, Cuba, Mexico, South America, Spain, $2.50; Canada, $2.75; elsewhere, $3.00. English office: Otis A. Kline, c/o John Paradise, 86 Strand, W. C. 2, 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 1936, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company.
COPYRIGHTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

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