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A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL

Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Volume 30
CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1937
Number 2


Cover Design - M. Brundage

Illustrating a scene in "Thing of Darkness"

Thing of Darkness - G. G. Pendarves 130

A destroying, ravening Thing brought death and terror to Troon House

The Abyss Under the World - J. Paul Suter 154

Three men were precipitated into an adventure as astounding as ever befell mortal men

The Mandarin's Ear - Frank Owen 172

A curious story about a Chinese mandarin who had the ear of a thief grafted in place of his own

World of the Dark Dwellers - Edmond Hamilton 179

A thrilling weird-scientific story of the dreadful creatures that tyrannized over a distant world

Ghost Shadows - Clarence Edwin Flynn 200

Verse

The Last Pharaoh (end) - Thomas P. Kelley 201

A story of the weird doom that enmeshed two lovers in the Pharaoh's castle of gloom

Sea-Wind - Minna Irving 223

Verse

The Will of the Dead - Loretta Burrough 224

An unusual weird tale, of a mother's malign resentment of her son's wife

The Soul-Eater - Robert E. Howard 231

A posthumous poem by a popular writer of weird tales

Gica Lacilu, the Magician - Ernst Wurm 232

Retribution overtook the boyard who oppressed his serfs intolerably

The Jest of Droom Avista - Henry Kuttner 235

A brief, poetic tale about an alien city and a metallic doom

The Terrible Parchment - Manly Wade Wellman 238

The author describes this as "a Necronomicon story to end all Necronomicon stories"

Weird Story Reprint:

The Statement of Randolph Carter - H. P. Lovecraft 242

Reprinted by popular request from an old issue of WEIRD TALES

The Eyrie - 248

A department wherein the readers express their opinions




Published monthly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 Fast 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 year in the United States and possessions, 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 1937, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company.

COPYRIGHTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

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