A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL
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Cover Design M. Brundage
Illustrating a scene in "The Sapphire Goddess"
The Sapphire Goddess Nictzin Dyalhis 146
A tale of terrific adventures in another dimension of space
The Virus of Hell William H. Pope 167
A grim, prophetic story of fifty years hence, when Organized Crime rules the United States
The Valley of the Worm Robert E. Howard 193
A hair-raising and fascinating weird story of the childhood of our race
Tarbis of the Lake E. Hoffmann Price 208
She was a living, breathing woman with a living woman's passion—but what was the thing that lay in the mummy-case like a corpse within its coffin?
The Man Who Returned Edmond Hamilton 219
The story of a man who was laid away in the tomb and returned to his friends
The Place of Hairy Death Anthony Rud 229
A tale of a horde of poisonous spiders in a hidden treasure-room of the Mayas
To a Bullet-Pierced Skull Alfred I. Tooke 235
Verse
The Solitary Hunters (part 2) David H. Keller 236
A powerful novel of living death in the crater of an extinct volcano
The Witchcraft of Ulua Clark Ashton Smith 253
A bizarre tale of the weird sendings of a wicked woman, and the luckless youth whom she entangled in her toils
Nocturne Herbert Kaufman, Jr. 259
Verse
Weird Story Reprint:
The Sixth Tree Edith Lichty Stewart 260
A fascinating story from WEIRD TALES of ten years ago
The Star-Gazer Climbs Hazel Burden 263
Verse
The Eyrie 264
A chat with the readers
Verse
Published monthly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second-class matter March 20, 1923, at the post office at Indianapolis, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Single copies, 25 cents; Subscription, $3.00 a year in the United States, $4.00 a year in Canada. English office: Charles Lavell, 13, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, E. C. 4, London. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts, although every care will be taken of such material while in their possession. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced either wholly or in part without permission from the publishers.
NOTE—All manuscripts and communications should be addressed to the publishers' Chicago office at 840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Editor.
Copyright, 1934, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company.
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