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WEIRD TALES

JULY

1940

Cover by
Margaret Brundage

AN ADVENTURE OF A PROFESSIONAL CORPSE

(1) The Artificial Honeymoon - H. Bedford-Jones 4

A Certain Young Man Finds Dying a Profitable Business

THE GOLDEN CHALICE - Frank Gruber 15

Thousands Doubted, But One Thief Knew the Cup's Secret

THE FIDDLER'S FEE - Robert Bloch 23

He Called the Tune—And Had to Pay the Piper

THE DREADFUL RABBITS - Gans T. Field 36

Their Hunters Became the Hunted—and Died Horribly

A BILLION YEARS IN THE FUTURE (Conclusion) - T. P. Kelley 44

—Planet Ships Are as Common as the Airplanes of This Age

ON PELL STREET - Frank Owen 70

Manhattan's Chinatown Shows Its Teeth

EARS OF THE DEAD - James Arthur 75

Verse

THE GENTLE WEREWOLF - Seabury Quinn 76

A Lovely Girl . . . In Wolf's Clothing

THE CRYSTAL HORDE - Harry Walton 96

The Crystal Juggernauts Had an Insatiable and Cannibal Appetite

INHERITANCE - Sudie Stuart Hager 111

Verse

BEYOND THE FRAME - Maria Moravsky 112

The Picture . . . Was a Gateway into a Century Time Had Forgotten

IT HAPPENED TO MEF. T. Compton, Thomas Trafton, Jim Price 120

THE EYRIE—and Weird Tales Club 123

Except for personal experiences the contents of this magazine is fiction. Any use of the name of any living person or reference to actual events is purely coincidental.



Published bi-monthly by Weird Tales, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y. Reentered as second-class matter Jantiaiy 26, 1940, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Single copies, 15 cents. Subscription rates: One year in the United States and possessions, 90c. Foreign and Canadian postage extra. English Office: Charles Lavell, Limited, 4 Clements Inn, Strand, London, W.C.2, England. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts although every care will be taken of such material while in their possession. Copyright, 1940, by Weird Tales. Copyrighted in Great Britain _ 1^3

Title registered in U. S. Patent Office.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. Vol. 35. No. 4.

D. McILWRAITH, Editor.

H. AVELINE PERKINS, AssocuUs Editor*