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Weird Tales (1941)
September-October 1941 (Volume 36, Issue 1)

NB: The copyrights for "Beyond the Threshold" (by August Derleth) and "A Sorcerer Runs For Sheriff" (by Robert Bloch) were renewed separately by the authors. They have therefore been redacted from this version of the magazine.

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


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Ffrom the witch's tale—the highly popular, ultra-shivery broadcast which chilled radio listeners from coast to coast—to WEIRD TALES, the Unique Magazine…comes a story specially adapted for our pages by that famous program's author and director, Alonzo Dean Cole. It's in your next issue. This story, a prime favorite with the radio audience,

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Drawing of a box of H.F. from Gore Products Sign and mail the coupon, and bottle of H. F. will be mailed to you immediately. Don't send any money and don't pay the postman any money; don't pay anything any time unless H. F. is helping you. If it does help you, we know you will be glad to send us $1 for the bottle at the end of ten days. That's how much faith we have in H. F. Read, sign and mail the coupon today.

GORE PRODUCTS, Inc.
847 Perdido St., New Orleans, La.
Please send me immediately a bottle of H. F. for foot trouble as described above. I agree to use it according to directions. If at the end of 10 days my feet are getting better, I will send you $1. If I am not entirely satisfied I will return the unused portion of the bottle to you within 15 days from the time I receive it.
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