that I have ever read, barring none. Second was The Trail of the Cloven Hoof, by Arlton Eadie. It was very weird. . . . But how about more vampire and good old-fashioned ghost stories? And less of these planetary yarns."
Against Stories of Other Planets
Walter L. Reeve, of Erving, Massachusetts, writes: "Though I have read Weird Tales since it started, I have not (as one of your recent contributors to the Eyrie said) added my voice to the general clamor. So here goes. In the first place keep Weird Tales weird. Stories of other planets are O. K. but there are too many other magazines with the same type of story. As one of my friends remarked the other day: 'Good-night! first they tow the Moon around, then the Earth, then the Sun, then the Universe, and then to cap it all they start in on Galaxies!' Weird stories ought to grip the imagination, create eery feeling and make us half believe it might be so. As I have just finished the June issue, here's my idea of it. The best story: They Called Him Ghost. Not so good: Vampires of the Moon—same old theme."
M Stands for Margaret
Steven Fogaris, of Passaic, New Jersey, writes: "In reference to the controversy over whether your cover artist, M. Brundage, is a man or a woman, I would say that the artist is a man. And in addition to the masculine first names beginning with M, as given in the Eyrie, I would add Michael, probably the most noted of the M names. Others are Macleod, Matthew, Maurice, Montague, Montgomery. Or perhaps Artist Brundage has the most common first name in the world, Mohammed, as so many millions are called. Or perhaps he is cursed by some such name as Mordecai, given him by some fond aunt. A lot of good names are wasted if Artist Brundage is a woman."
Praise for the August Issue
B. M. Reynolds, of North Adams, Massachusetts, writes: "The August issue of Weird Tales was outstanding. . . . To begin, The Distortion Out of Space was colossal. It contained, in its few pages, a cosmic scope fully equaling Through the Gates of the Silver Key. Let's have more like that from Mr. Flagg. And by all means induce H. P. Lovecraft to break his silence more often than once a year. C. L. Moore scored another triumph with his Dust of Gods. His imagination and originality seem inexhaustible. That little tale, The Three Marked Pennies, by Miss Counselman, was original and unique. It contained a certain amount of grim humor and subtle wit that
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