tuting for Hercules, and being just as proud of himself as ever the old Greek hero dared to be of his prowess.
Humor at War with Horror
To O. Mabbot of New York City has the following to say on Humor vs. Horror in a weird tale:
"I'm glad you printed the letter headed 'Don't Be Funny,' One might raise the purely academic question whether anyone ever wrote a really good humorous weird tale, and win the debate for the affirmative by citing a few examples; but in general, humor is at war with weirdness, and humorous stories of the supernatural are almost without exception flops, or else succeed despite a great handicap. You do not need one an issue—one or two a year will be a remarkably high number to find if you demand the same standard you do for the rest of the magazine. When one augur met another, he laughed—to avert an evil omen probably—and in a weird tale we do not want to drive off the terror by any such deadly thing to spooks as good fun. Humor may be used for relief sparingly (for little relief is needed in short stories), and kindly ghosts and friendly demons are welcome occasionally. But Lovecraft was right in thinking humor usually at war with supernatural horror, and an alliance of the two is at best tenuous."
Readers' Vote
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The Shadow Folk
The Long Still Streets of Evening
The Seven Seas Are One
Bang! You're Dead!
The Devil's Ticket
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Pacific 421
Sorcery from Thule
The Wayward Skunk
The Weirds of the Woodcarver
Monsieur Bluebeard
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