The Best of Weird Tales 1923
1997
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3.63
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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. Contents
- The Grave by Orville R. Emerson
- The Basket by Herbert J. Mangham
- Beyond the Door by J. Paul Suter
- The Devil Plant by Lyle Wilson Holden
- The Purple Heart by Herman Sisk
- The Well by Julian Kilman
- The Two Men Who Murdered Each Other by Valma Clark
- The Dead-Naming of Lukapehu by P. D. Gog
- The Bloodstained Parasol by James L. Ravenscroft
- The Man Who Owned the World by Frank Owen
- An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension by Farnsworth Wright
- Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft
- Lucifer by John D. Swain
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Author
John Betancourt
Author · 16 books
John Gregory Betancourt is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (which he subsequently hired Marvin Kaye to edit), Cat Tales magazine (which he subsequently hired George H. Scithers to edit), and Adventure Tales magazine. He worked as a Senior Editor for Byron Preiss Visual Publications (1989-1996) and iBooks. He is the writer of four Star Trek novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Writer's Digest and The Washington Post.
