Redfury's Weird Tales pulp collection

[BB-Gun]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 3

September, 1937

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

Features the story The Death of Ilalotha by Clark Ashton Smith.

 

Also has a poem, The Dream and the Shadow, by Robert E. Howard.

 

And there's also a poem, Psychopompos, by H. P. Lovecraft.

 

There's also a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, H.P.L, by Henry Kuttner.

 

 

At first glance I thought it said "Satan's Plumpest". Either way it is another awesome cover.

 

[Theagenes]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 2

August, 1937

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

Contains a reprint of The Statement of Randolph Carter by H. P. Lovecraft. The story was first published in 1920 and is part of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle.

 

Also contains the Cthulhu mythos story, The Terrible Parchment, by Manly Wade Wellman. This somewhat humorous story presents Lovecraft's Necronomicon book as the antagonist, a plot device later used in Sam Raimi films. Also, Weird Tales magazine itself appears in the story.

 

There's also a Robert E. Howard poem, The Soul-Eater.

 

 

And what was the dark Thing??

 

First appearance of the Blot!

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 4

October, 1937

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

Features The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft. The story was written in 1924, but not published until this issue.

 

Also contains a poem, Which Will Scarcely Be Understood, by Robert E. Howard.

 

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 5

November, 1937

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner contribute a story, Quest of the Starstone, where Jirel of Jory and Northwest Smith meet.

 

Also contains a Cthulhu mythos story, The Secret of Sebek, by Robert Bloch.

 

And there is a reprint of Hypnos by H. P. Lovecraft (originally published in 1923).

 

[Theagenes]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 5

November, 1937

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner contribute a story, Quest of the Starstone, where Jirel of Jory and Northwest Smith meet.

 

Also contains a Cthulhu mythos story, The Secret of Sebek, by Robert Bloch.

 

And there is a reprint of Hypnos by H. P. Lovecraft (originally published in 1923).

 

 

This has always been one of my favorite covers too.

[RedFury]

Yes, that's a good one, Jeff. I like the next couple coming up too.

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 30, Number 6

December, 1937

 

Cover by Virgil Finlay.

 

Contains a Cthulhu mythos story, Fane of the Black Pharaoh, by Robert Bloch.

 

Also has the H.P. Lovecraft story Polaris, originally published in 1920.

 

There's also a poem by Robert E. Howard, Fragment.

 

[Theagenes]

Yes, that's a good one, Jeff. I like the next couple coming up too.

 

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 1

January, 1938

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

The cover story, The Witch's Mark, is by Dorothy Quick. In 1907, when Quick was 11 years old, she befriended Mark Twain, whom she had recognized as a fellow passenger during an Atlantic crossing. The two remained friends until Twain's death in 1910. In 1960 she wrote a book called Enchantment: A Little Girl's Friendship With Mark Twain.

 

Contains Seabury Quinn's popular Christmas story, Roads.

 

Contains a poem, The Canal, by H. P. Lovecraft.

 

There's also a poem in tribute to H.P. Lovecraft called Lost Dream by Emil Petaja.

 

The werewolf story The Hairy Ones Shall Dance by Manly Wade Wellman is the first appearance of his occult investigator character Judge Pursuivant. The title is a quote from the prophecy of Isaiah (Ch 13, v 21), which refers to the desolation of Babylon.

 

[Theagenes]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 1

January, 1938

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

The cover story, The Witch's Mark, is by Dorothy Quick. In 1907, when Quick was 11 years old, she befriended Mark Twain, whom she had recognized as a fellow passenger during an Atlantic crossing. The two remained friends until Twain's death in 1910. In 1960 she wrote a book called Enchantment: A Little Girl's Friendship With Mark Twain.

 

Contains a poem, The Canal, by H. P. Lovecraft.

 

There's also a poem in tribute to H.P. Lovecraft called Lost Dream by Emil Petaja.

 

The werewolf story The Hairy Ones Shall Dance by Manly Wade Wellman is the first appearance of his occult investigator character Judge Pursuivant. The title is a quote from the prophecy of Isaiah (Ch 13, v 21), which refers to the desolation of Babylon.

 

 

Got to see the original art for this one a couple of years ago.

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 2

February, 1938

 

Cover by Virgil Finlay.

 

Features the story The Diary of Alonzo Typer by William Lumley and H. P. Lovecraft. Lumley was a night-watchman from Buffalo, NY who befriended Lovecraft. When Lumley wrote this story, Lovecraft revised it for publication.

 

Contains the short story From Beyond by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft wrote the story in 1920, and it was first published in The Fantasy Fan in 1934.

 

Also contains a poem by Robert E. Howard, Haunting Columns.

 

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 3

March, 1938

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

Features a reprinting of Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H. P. Lovecraft, which was originally written and published in 1919.

 

Also contains a poem by Robert E. Howard, The Poets.

 

There's also a tribute poem to H.P. Lovecraft, To Howard Phillips Lovecraft, by Francis Flagg.

 

[Theagenes]

[Arkadin]

With so many great writers like Lovecraft, Howard, Ashton Smith, it seems... well...weird that Weird Tales spotlighted Seabury Quinn so many times on the covers...

 

Have you read any of Quinn's endless parade of stories? Are they any good?

[RedFury]

I believe Quinn wrote more than 90 adventures for Weird Tales about his occult detective Jules de Grandin. I've never read any of them, but there must be something to them given their longevity. I've also heard that his Christmas story, Roads, (in the Jan 1938 Weird Tales) is really good, but I've never read that either.

[Theagenes]

It seems weird to today, but at the time Quinn was their post popular writer throughout the Wright years. I've never read any of the Jules de Grandin stories either, but I know a number of people who have and don't care for them. But as Todd says they must have been popular for some reason. :shrug:

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 4

April, 1938

 

Cover by Virgil Finlay.

 

Contains the stories:

- The Eyes of the Mummy by Robert Bloch

- The Garden of Adompha by Clark Ashton Smith

- Death Is a Temporary Indisposition by Max Brod

- The House of Ecstasy by Ralph Milne Farley

 

Max Brod was a close friend of fellow Czech writer Franz Kafka. At Kafka's death in 1924, Brod was executor of the estate. Kafka had stipulated in his will that all his unpublished works were to be burned, but Brod refused this order and between 1925 and 1935 published many of Kafka's works, including the novels The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).

 

Ralph Milne Farley was the pseudonym of Roger Sherman Hoar, a politician and attorney who served as a Massachusetts state senator and assistant Massachusetts attorney general. His great-great-grandfather signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all U.S. Congressmen. His story, The House of Ecstasy, is considered one of his best and is notable for being written in the 2nd person.

 

There are also some notable poems:

- The Singer in the Mist by Robert E. Howard

- To Clark Ashton Smith by H. P. Lovecraft

 

[Theagenes]

Early tentacle porn?

[RedFury]

WEIRD TALES

Volume 31, Number 5

May, 1938

 

Cover by Margaret Brundage.

 

Features the southern Gothic horror story Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard.

 

Also has the poem Where Once Poe Walked by H. P. Lovecraft.

 

The story The Secret of the Vault by J. Wesley Rosenquest was made into an episode of the TV show Night Gallery in 1972.

 

[Comics-n-ERB]

Dang Todd, how many WT's do you have??!!! Love seeing these!!