Weird Tales

<p>First hitting newsstands in 1923 <em>Weird Tales</em> magazine quickly became a literary monster in discovering and publishing the best horror sci-fi and fantasy writers of its day. </p><p>The pulp magazine was one of the earliest publications if not the first to feature strange tales of occultism and alien invasions that simply didn't fit into any other magazine at that time. </p><p>The stories struck a chord with those early audiences and as a result<em>Weird Tales </em>created asubgenre as weird could be attached itself to various genres. </p><p>Marquee names like master magician Harry Houdini and cosmic horror creator H.P. Lovecraft graced the magazine's pages during those early years with several debut stories alongside authors who were already giants in their own right-Otis Adelbert Kline Seabury Quinn and Greye La Spina. Maybe lesser known but no less influential writers like Frank Belknap Long Jr. Mary S. Brown Lyllian Huntley Harris Hasan Vokine Arthur J. Burks and H. Warner Munn turned out disturbing yarns that have stood the test of time only to be resurrected nearly a century later. </p><p>From the macabre and morbid to unexplainable stories of the occult this collection features those early authors across thirteen tales of terror from the impactful years of 1923 to 1925 that are best enjoyed at the witching hour.</p><p>Reading ritual aside you've been warned.</p><p><br></p><p>Table of Contents</p><p> </p><p>Foreword: Confessions of a Weird Kid-Jonathan Maberry</p><p>IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS-Houdini</p><p>THE THING OF A THOUSAND SHAPES-Otis Adelbert Kline</p><p>THE MAGIC MIRROR-Mary S. Brown</p><p>THE VOW ON HALLOWEEN-Lyllian Huntley Harris</p><p>THE WEREWOLF OF ST. BONNOT-Seabury Quinn</p><p>THE SEA THING-Frank Belknap Long Jr.</p><p>SLEIGH BELLS-Hasan Vokine</p><p>THE FESTIVAL-H.P. Lovecraft</p><p>THE WEREWOLF OF PONKERT-H. Warner Munn</p><p>VALE OF THE CORBIES-Arthur J. Burks</p><p>THE TENANTS OF BROUSSAC-Seabury Quinn</p><p>THE PHANTOM WOLFHOUND-Otis Adelbert Kline</p><p>THE GARGOYLE-Greye La Spina</p><p> </p>