Weird Tales/Volume 2/Issue 1
WEIRD TALES The Unique Magazine
EDWIN BAIRD, Editor
Published monthly by THE RURAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 326 North Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second-class matter March 20, 1923, at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Ind. under the act of March 3, 1870. Single copies, 26 cents. Subscription, $3 a year in the United States; $3.50 a year in Canada. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts, although every care will be taken of such material while in our possession. All manuscripts and other editorial matters should be directed to WEIRD TALES, 854 North Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright, and publishers are cautioned against using the same, either wholly or in part.
Copyright, 1923, by the Rural Publishing Corporation.
Contents for July-August, 1923
Thirteen Thrilling Short StoriesTwo Complete Novelettes
Two Two-Part StoriesInteresting, Odd and Weird Happenings
Harrowing Events Which Startle Five Adventurers Who Land Upon a Faroff Island
THE OUTCASTS GEORGE WARBURTON LEWIS 14
A Story of Stark Adventure With an Uncanny Climax
THE ROOM OF THE BLACK VELVET DRAPES B. W. SLINEY 18
A Good Short Story
THE TWO MEN WHO MURDERED EACH OTHER VALMA CLARK 23
A Remarkable Novelette
THE STRANGE CASE OF JACOB ARUM JOHN HARRIS BURLAND 33
A Sardonic Novel of Witchcraft
A Short Tale of Black Superstition
A Realistic Ghost Story
A Special Story About a Weird Cult
SENORITA SERPENTE EARL WAYLAND BOWMAN 57
A Strange Tale of the Mayan Snake Worshipers
THE ROOM IN THE TOWER D. L. RADWAY 61
A Terrifying Ghost Story
RIDERS IN THE DARK VINCENT STARRETT 63
A Grim Tale of Self Sacrifice
An Uncanny Tale of a Flesh Colored Plant
PEOPLE VS. BLAND THEODORE SNOW WOOD 69
The Mysterious Midnight Visitor Played an Important Part in this Murder Trial
THE EVENING WOLVES PAUL ELLSWORTH TRIEM 73
Final Installment of this Exciting Tale of Chinatown
THE CORPSE ON THE THIRD SLAB OTIS ADELBERT KLINE 76
Weird Tale of Happenings in a Morgue
THE GUARD OF HONOR PAUL SUTER 79
The Author of "Beyond the Door" Spins Another Eerie Tale in His Masterful Style
THE CAULDRON PRESTON LANGLEY HICKEY 85
True Adventures of Terror
THE EYRIE THE EDITOR 87