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A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL

Weird Tales

REGISTERED IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE

Volume 33
CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1939
Number 5


Cover Design Harold S. DeLay

Illustrating a scene in "The Hollow Moon"

The Hollow Moon Everil Worrell 5

A fascinating tale of a lunar vampire and strange icebergs in the Pacific Ocean

The Dark Isle Robert Koch 23

An eldritch tale of the Romans and Druids and strange magic

Washington Nocturne Seabury Quinn 39

Who was the stranger that vanished before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

The Thinking Machine J. J. Connington 56

Stevenson's uncanny invention had a weird, brute desire to slay

The Plumed Serpent Howell Calhoun 65

Verse

Almuric (Part 1) Robert E. Howard 66

An amazing 3-part novel of the demon-haunted world Almuric

The Dead Host's Welcome John Fletcher 96

Verse

The Face at Death Corner Paul Ernst 97

The old crone told the reporter he would die before the year was out

Witch's Hair Mearle Prout 107

An outre story of a gipsy curse, and the lustrous hair of a young gipsy mother

In a Dark Wood Marion Doyle 114

Verse

The Phantom Island Arlton Eadie 115

A posthumous ghost-story by a late English master

Cross of Fire Lester del Rey 124

A brief strange tale of the Undead

"Where Crafty Gnomes" Virgil Finlay 129

Picturization of a scene in George Sterling's ""A Wine of Wizardry"

The Watcher at the Door Henry Kuttner 130

A weird and uncanny story

Harbor Whistles H. P. Lovecraft 134

Verse

"Not Both!" Frances Garfield 135

This spell had unexpected and disastrous results

Weird Story Reprint:

The Dead Soul Raoul Lenoir 140

An engrossing story from an early issue of Weird Tales

Dust Edgar Daniel Kramer 149

Verse

The Eyrie 150

The readers discuss the magazine



Published monthly by Weird Tales, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter September 24, 1928, at the post office at New York, N. Y. Single copies, 25 cents. Subscription rates: One year in the United States and possessions, Cuba, Mexico, South America, Spain, $2.60; Canada, $2.75; elsewhere, $2.00. 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. 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. FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Editor.

Copyright 1939, by Weird Tales
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