JULY, 1953Cover by W. H. Silvey
THE EYRIE 6
L'AFFAIRE VERENEKIN - David Eynon 9
The colonel had a theory—that the beauty of dying young is that one doesn't have to face one's mistakes.
THE HOUSE IN THE VALLEY (A novelette) - August Derleth 12
It is not commonly believed that the mind can duplicate in a dream state any experience which is utterly alien to it; this I had done.
HOUSE OF LIFE (Verse) - Dorothy Quick 29
SLAUGHTER HOUSE (A novelette) - Richard Matheson 30
There had been rumors of ghosts about the old place, but neither of the brothers could credit that sort of thing.
THE SOURCE OF IT - Glen Malin 51
If only I knew the source of this evil on earth. It has spread malignantly to nearly all the people and is fishing for me at this very moment. . . .
THE MISSING ROOM - Lyn Venable 58
Just like any other young couple looking over a house they'd love to own; how could they know it encompassed a secret room?
ON THE ELEVATOR - Joseph Payne Brennan 62
The storm-tossed waves beat against the boardwalk and the very foundations of the hotel itself. Was it they that churned up a secret long meant to lie buried at sea?
DREAD SUMMONS - Paul Ernst 67
The old butler heard a scream; but it was muffled by street noises outside the deserted and ghostly old house.
(Copyright 1037 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company)
THE SEA WITCH (A novelette) - Nictzin Dyalis 73
. . . One and all they turned their dead eyes on me with a curious fixity.
(Copyright 1937 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company)
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Copyright, 1953, by Weird Tales. Copyright in Great Britain.
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