Index:Weird Tales Volume 38 Number 01 (1944-09).djvu
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ALL STORIES NEW—NO REPRINTS SEPTEMBER, 1944 Cover by A. R. Tilburne NOVELETTE THE SHADOW FOLK Edmond Hamilton 6 A land where we, the normal, are strange and terrible, called fearfully by Them—The Others! SHORT STORIES THE LONG STILL STREETS OF EVENING Frank Owen 18 After midnight when the long streets are hushed all men are brothers whether they be kings or thieves THE SEVEN SEAS ARE ONE Allison V. Harding 26 The Captain knew that somehow, some day his fate was coming—out of the sea and the wind! BANG! YOU'RE DEAD! Ray Bradbury 35 The kid thought war was a game and that death and bullets were only make-believe THE DEVIL'S TICKET Robert Bloch 42 The old man wanted a portrait of a human being; one that would capture the very soul! PACIFIC 421 August Derleth 52 The rails were rusted, weeds grew between the ties, yet every week a train ran here—over a track not used for years SORCERY FROM THULE Manly Wade Wellman 58 The enchantment calls for a spear of peculiar name and history; a spear that strikes in the night and comes back covered with hot blood THE WAYWARD SKUNK Harold Lawlor 66 Skunks are like people. They form attachments and get mad—only when a skunk gets mad . . . ! THE WEIRDS OF THE WOODCARVER Gardner F. Fox 76 Man is but a parasite on the keel of the planet as it soars in perpetual journey through the void of eternity MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD Emil Petaja 83 Gruesome crimes were his hobby; he'd made a meticulous study of a certain infamous Baron of the Middle Ages VERSE THE PATH THROUGH THE MARSH Leah Bodine Drake 51 RATS Glenn Ward Dresbach 75 TO THE MOON Stanton A. Coblentz 82 SUPERSTITIONS AND TABOOS Irwin J. Weill 65 THE EYRIE AND WEIRD TALES CLUB 90 Except for personal experiences the contents of this magazine is fiction. Any use Published bi-monthly by Weird Tales, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. Reentered as second-class matter January 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, 90¢. 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, 1944, by Weird Tales. Copyrighted in Great Britain. Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. Vol. 38, No. 1 D. McILWRAITH, Editor. LAMONT BUCHANAN, Associate Editor. |