Colter. Such stories have a peculiar appeal for me. A gripping story of the horrible sufferings of dope-users is found in The Death Cure by Paul S. Powers. That one almost causes a nausea of the mind in places, but I would not have missed it because of its graphic description of the two poor devils. In casting about for a kind of mild sedative I ran across Spear and Fang by Robert E. Howard—a good story of our remote ancestors before the dawn of civilization and intelligence, when man's reasoning powers were in the formative state. Your July issue affords thrilling entertainment for those who enjoy the unusual. And if you continue to publish such appealing stories, then the well-deserved popularity of Weird Tales is certain to grow."
J. A. Rabinowitz, of Staten Island, New York, wants "some more stories by Daudet, Price and Schlossel"; Lorena Skinner, of Los Angeles, asks for "more stories on astronomy and the fourth dimension"; and "Miss E. F.," of Cleveland, Ohio, asks for "more stories of underground dungeons and quicksand pits, swamps, haunted houses, ghosts, ramshackle castles, snakes, spiders, apes, doctors' experiments. Who votes for the above stories speak up," she adds; "we must keep our magazine weird. Whispering Tunnels was a riot."
"Having read your July number," writes H. S. Farnese, of Los Angeles, "I vote for The Stranger From Kurdistan. Stories with a personal devil are always interesting; hence the popularity of Goethe's Faust. And Lovecraft, who wrote The Unnamable, scores a hit, as usual. In telling a weird story the style of Mr. Lovecraft can hardly be beaten. Keep him busy."
"Weird Tales is the innocent cause of a lot of strife in our household," W. A. Stephan writes from Buffalo, New York, "as the whole family wants to read it at the same time; in fact, I frequently buy two copies so I can read in peace. If I don't, I have to hide it, and it seems that this family missed their vocation—they should have been detectives, if the speed with which they find it is any indication. Weird Tales suits me first rate and I hope it will live up to its name in future as successfully as it has done in the past. I would suggest that before you make any radical changes you take a vote on the proposition and count us for five votes against any change."
Alden W. Dyer (we have mislaid the envelope showing what city he comes from) writes to The Eyrie: "I am partial to stories of werewolves, and the more horrifying the better. I think it a shame that your magazine cannot be printed at least twice a month. I have a regular library of Weird Tales and keep every copy. After about six months I go over them and read them again. Your magazine is absolutely the only one of its kind in the world. At first my mother objected to my reading your 'weird stories,' but she sat down one night and read the magazine from cover to cover. Now she is just as great an admirer of Weird Tales as I am."
"The June number was one of the best of recent issues," writes Aaron Glaser of New York City, "not because of any one story of exceptional merit, but because each and every story was a little gem in itself. However, as a definite choice is desired, I would say that I derived the most enjoyment from Mortimer Levitan's The Third Thumb-print because of its fine technique and startling climax. Also, as usual, Gordon Philip England was 'there with the goods' in The House, the Light, and the Man. As for Hurled Into the Infinite, I can only say that if the second part is as interesting and exciting as the first, the story in its entirety must be excellent indeed."
T. E. Sanders, of Norfolk, Virginia, who has been reading Weird Tales since its very first issue, writes to The Eyrie: "Your yarn Under the N-Ray,
