or not Banaotovitch is still alive. That's the kind of a thrill I like."
Hamilton's Serial
B. M. Reynolds, of North Adams, Massachusetts, writes: "You were certainly fortunate in securing that splendid yarn The Lake of Life by Edmond Hamilton, an exceptional piece of fantasy of the A. Merritt type, worthy of taking its place beside those two fine fantastic novels: Williamson's Golden Blood and Kelley's The Last Pharaoh. I believe that these stories will always be remembered by us, the readers.... Second best story in September was The Ho-Ho-Kam Horror. Stories of this type are particularly effective when written in diary form, and Mr. Bryan did a good job with this one. Good build-up and abrupt ending. Not a bit far-fetched, either, as Superstition Mountain, the heaven of the rattlesnakes, is a very real and tangible locality, as any Pueblo or Navajo Indian will attest, and the place is most certainly 'taboo,' at least for the white man. Psychopompos by the late genius H. P. Lovecraft was certainly unique, serving to make us realize still more the great talent that was lost by his untimely death.... Oh yes, I nearly forgot to compliment Henry Kuttner on H. P. L., his grand tribute to Lovecraft, the finest piece of poetry since Howard wrote A Song Out of Midian about ten years ago!"
| TALES STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. |
|
Of Weird Tales, published monthly at Indianapolis Indiana, for October 1, 1937. |
| State of Illinois
County of Cook |
| Before me. a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Wm. R. Sprenger. who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of the Weird Tales and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 411, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: |
| 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: |
| Publisher — Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington St.. Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Editor — Farnsworth Wright, 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. |
| Managing Editor — None. |
| Business Manager — William R. Sprenger, 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. |
| 2. That the owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the Individual owners must be given. If owned by a firm, company, or other unincorporated concern, its name and address, as well as those of each individual member must be given.) |
| Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis. Ind. |
| Wm. R. Sprenger, 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. |
| Farnsworth Wright, 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. |
| George M. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| George H. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| P. W. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state). |
| None. |
| 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest, direct or indirect, in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. |
| 5. That the average number of copies of each Issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown above is_____ (This information is required from daily publications only.) |
WM. R. SPRENGER,
Business Manager. |
| Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d day oC
September, 1937. |
| [SEAL]
J. G. WING,
Notary Public. |
| My commission expires February 15, 1940. |
End of the Abyss
J. A. Murphy, of Augusta, Georgia, writes: "My, my, now just look what you have gone and done! Last month upon reading The Abyss Under the World I just knew that you had found another one that could be placed with the best of them. I went by the news stand every day or two waiting for the September issue to come in, and when I did get it, I had to read the finis of The Abyss Under the World before I even came home. And what do I find upon reading it but that you let J. Paul Suter go and put an ending like that on it! Why does anyone have to be like that? Now if they had really been transplanted into another world, and had followed the priest in his jump into the abyss, I think everyone would have been happier, because there would have been more thrills to come."
