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Copyright, 1928, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Contents for January, 1929
Cover Design C. C. Senf 4
Illustrating a scene in "The Black Master"
The Black Master Seabury Quinn 4
A Turkish pirate, dead and buried in an underground vault, puts the psychic powers of Jules de Grandin to test
The Demon of Tlaxpam Otis Adelbert Kline 21
Death, struck again and again near Tlaxpam—a death that flew through the air and sheared the heads off its victims
The Silver Key H. P. Lovecraft 41
Strange fancies had Randolph Carter, and the silver key in an old attic was the clue that led him into forbidden paths
Skulls in the Stars Robert E. Howard 49
Another adventure of Solomon Kane by the author of "Red Shadows"—as strange a ghost-tale as was ever penned
The Jelly-Fish David H. Keller 56
In stupefied horror the students watched the hanging drop of water and its living contents, under the microscope
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