A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL
REGISTERED IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE
Volume 30 | CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1937 | Number 4 |
Cover Design | M. Brundage | |
Illustrating a scene in "Tiger Cat" | ||
Tiger Cat | David H. Keller | 386 |
A story as fascinating as any of the horrors conceited in the tortured mind of Dante or of Poe | ||
Pledged to the Dead | Seabury Quinn | 397 |
A thrilling tale of a lover whose sweetheart had been in her grave more than a century | ||
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood | Robert E. Howard | 416 |
Verse | ||
The Shunned House | H. P. Lovecraft | 418 |
A posthumous story of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house | ||
The Homicidal Diary | Earl Peirce, Jr. | 437 |
What strange compulsion drove this man to roam the streets and commit his ghastly crimes? | ||
The Long Arm | Franz Habl | 450 |
Insidiously crawling and groping, the long arm reached out on its errand of death | ||
The Lake of Life (part 2) | Edmond Hamilton | 459 |
A weird-scientific serial replete with thrills, adventure, mystery and romance | ||
The Golgotha Dancers | Manly Wade Wellman | 483 |
A curious and terrifying story about an artist who sold his soul to paint a living picture | ||
Here Lies | H. W. Guernsey | 489 |
An ironic tale about a practical communist who taught his friend when to take him seriously | ||
The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh | H. Sivia | 492 |
DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled | ||
To a Skull on My Bookshelf | Elizabeth Virgins Raplee | 495 |
Verse | ||
Weird Story Reprint: The Purple Cincture |
H. Thompson Rich | 496 |
A popular story from an early number of WEIRD TALES | ||
After Two Nights of the Ear-ache | Francis Hard | 502 |
Verse | ||
The Eyrie | 503 | |
A department in which the readers express their opinions |
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