Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1923: Pulp Fiction Classics

by Various, Carl Rasmus, Harold Ward

This is the readers’ edition of the second 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 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. 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.

Genres: Horror

289 pages, Paperback

Published June 4, 2020

About the author

Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).

If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

Note: WorldCat is an excellent resource for finding author information and contents of anthologies.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ratings:

A (excellent):

The Affair of the Man in Scarlet by Julian Kilman

B (very good):

The Snake Fiend by Farnsworth Wright
A Square of Canvas by Anthony M Rud
The Hideous Face by Victor Johns
The Forty Jars by Ray McGillivray
The Whispering Thing by Laurie McClintock & Culpepper Chunn
The Thing of Thousand Shapes, pt 2 by Otis Adelbert Kline
Golden Glow by Harry Irving Shumway
The Scar by Carl Rasmus

C (average):

Beyond the Door by Paul Suter
The Living Nightmare by Anton M Oliver
The Incubus by Hamilton Craigie
The Bodymaster by Harold Ward
Jungle Death by Artemus Calloway
The Conquering Will by Ted Olson
Six Feet of Willow by Carrol F Michener
The Hall of the Dead by Francis D Grierson
The Parlor Cemetary by C E Howard

D (poor):

The Tortoise Shell Combo by Roylston Markham