This is the facsimile edition of the first issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. This collection includes: The Dead Man's Tale - Willard E. Hawkins Ooze - Anthony M. Rud The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 1 of 2] - Otis Adelbert Kline The Mystery of Black Jean - Julian Kilman The Grave - Orville R. Emerson Hark! The Rattle! - Joel Townsley Rogers The Ghost Guard - Bryan Irvine The Ghoul and the Corpse - G. A. Wells Fear - David R. Solomon The Chain - Hamilton Craigie The Place of Madness - Merlin Moore Taylor The Closing Hand - Farnsworth Wright The Unknown Beast - Howard Ellis Davis The Basket - Herbert J. Mangham The Accusing Voice - Meredith Davis The Sequel [Fortunato] - Walter Scott Story The Weaving Shadows - W. H. Holmes Nimba, the Cave Girl - R. T. M. Scott The Young Man Who Wanted to Die - Anon. The Scarlet Night - William Sanford The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni - Joseph Faus & James Bennett Wooding The Return of Paul Slavsky - George Warburton Lewis The House of Death - F. Georgia Stroup The Gallows - I. W. D. Peters The Skull - Harold Ward The Ape-Man - James B. M. Clark, Jr. This edition is a facsimile, generated from scans of the original magazine, including the ads, news items, and formatting.About the Pulp Fiction CollectionOur modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses.

This is the readers' edition of the first issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. This collection includes: The Dead Man's Tale · Willard E. Hawkins Ooze · Anthony M. Rud The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 1 of 2] · Otis Adelbert Kline The Mystery of Black Jean · Julian Kilman The Grave · Orville R. Emerson Hark! The Rattle! · Joel Townsley Rogers The Ghost Guard · Bryan Irvine The Ghoul and the Corpse · G. A. Wells Fear · David R. Solomon The Chain · Hamilton Craigie The Place of Madness · Merlin Moore Taylor The Closing Hand · Farnsworth Wright The Unknown Beast · Howard Ellis Davis The Basket · Herbert J. Mangham The Accusing Voice · Meredith Davis The Sequel [Fortunato] · Walter Scott Story The Weaving Shadows · W. H. Holmes Nimba, the Cave Girl · R. T. M. Scott The Young Man Who Wanted to Die · Anon. The Scarlet Night · William Sanford The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni · Joseph Faus & James Bennett Wooding The Return of Paul Slavsky · George Warburton Lewis The House of Death · F. Georgia Stroup The Gallows · I. W. D. Peters The Skull · Harold Ward The Ape-Man · James B. M. Clark, Jr. This edition strips the original manuscript of ads and irrelevant news items, keeping only the stories and the notes from the original editor. It presents these stories in a way that is easier for modern readers on modern devices. PDF scans of the original magazine, as it would have been read in 1923, are available online. About the Pulp Fiction Collection Our modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses. This collection attempts to create a modernized version of these magazines, taking the short stories from each public domain issue and assembling them in a more modern collection format. For a scanned facsimile of the original issue, complete with original ads and formatting, visit MythBank.com.

The American pulp fiction magazine Weird Tales was founded in 1922. H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos stories first appeared in Weird Tales, starting with "The Call Of Cthulhu" in 1928. The magazine also printed early work by Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn. This is the first in a series of Weird Tales reissues by Gilman House. Unlike Some of the original Weird Tales publications which contained stories to be continued; these editions will always contain complete tales. Get comfortable in your favorite armchair and enjoy this pulp classic reproduced in complete facsimile from the original.

IN MARCH 1923, the first issue of WEIRD TALES hit the sidewalk newsstands. Subtitled the "Unique Magazine," it created a venue for weird fiction and poetry. Until then, there was no magazine devoted to horror, fantasy and the occult. In September 1954, after 279 issues, publication stopped. FROM the VAULTS of WEIRD TALES: VOUME 1 collects ELEVEN tales gathered from the original 279 issue run. The Phantom Farm House (Seabury Quinn, October 1923, Vol. 2, No. 3); The Canal (Everil Worrell, December 1927, Vol. 10, No. 6); Naked Lady (Mindret Lord, September 1934, Vol. 24, No. 3); Tiger Cat (David H. Keller, October 1937, Vol. 30, No. 4); The Shadow on the Screen (Henry Kuttner, March 1938, Vol. 31, No. 3); Vine Terror (Howard Wandrei, Sept. 1934, Vol. 24, No. 3); The Sea-Witch (Nictzin Dyalhis, December 1937, Vol. 30, No. 6); Ooze (Anthony M. Rud, March 1923, Vol. 1, No. 1) The Chain of Aforgomon (Clark Ashton Smith, Dec. 1935, Vol., 26 No. 6); The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft, February 1928, Vol. 11, No. 2); The Tower of the Elephant (Robert E. Howard, March 1933, Vol. 21, No. 3)

Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world. Collected here are 13 of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.

Excerpt from Weird Tales, Vol. 1 of 2 It was at this stage of the proceedings that I came to H and it was highly amusing to see how hun dreds of people stood round about the garden and raised a loud shout whenever the stones flew out and a new window appeared where noboby had for a moment expected it. And in the same manner Krespel pro ceeded with the buildings and fittings of the rest of th[\ house, and with all the Work necessary to that end; everything had to be done on the spot in accordance with the instructions which the Councillor gave from time to time. However, the absurdity of the whole business, the growing conviction that things would in the end turn out better than might have been expected, but above all, Krespel's generosity - which indeed cost him nothing - kept them all in good-humour. Thus were the difficulties overcome which necessarily arose out of this eccentric way of building, and in a short time there was a completely finished house, its outside. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Weird Tales was an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre. The sub-genre pioneered by Weird Tales writers has come to be called weird fiction.- Excerpted from Weird Tales on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world. Collected here are 13 of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.

IN MARCH 1923, the first issue of Weird Tales hit the sidewalk newsstands. Subtitled the "Unique Magazine," it created a venue for weird fiction and poetry. Until then, there was no magazine devoted to horror, fantasy and the occult. In September 1954, after 279 issues, publication stopped. FROM the VAULTS of WEIRD TALES: VOUME 2 (Edited by Ron D'Alena) collects ELEVEN tales gathered from the original 279 issue run. Guarded (Mearle Prout, March 1938, Vol. 31/#3); The Dead Man's Tale (Willard E. Hawkins, March 1923, Vol. 1/#1); Train for Flushing (Malcolm Jameson, March/April 1940, Vol. 35/#2); Behind the Screen (Ronal Kayser, April 1934, Vol. 23/#4); At the End of the Corridor (Evangeline Wilna Ensley, May 1950, Vol. 42/#4); Werewolf of the Sahara (Gladys Trenery, August/Sept. 1936, Vol. 28/#2); The Medici Boots (Pearl N. Swet, August/Sept. 1936, Vol. 28/#2); Dagon (H. P. Lovecraft, Oct. 1923, Vol. 2/#3); Dreamer's Worlds (Edmond Hamilton, Nov./Dec. 1941, Vol. 36/#2); The Garden of Adompha (Clark Ashton Smith, April, 1938, Vol. 31/#4); Beyond the Black River (Robert E. Howard, May/June 1935, Vol. 25/# 5/6).