This is the April 1923 issue of Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 2, edited by Edwin Baird. The issue contains sixteen short stories and two novelettes advertised on the contents page. Featured stories include "The Scar" by Carl Ramus (medical novelette), "Beyond the Door" by Paul Suter, "The Tortoise Shell Comb" by Roylston Markham, "The Incubus" by Hamilton Craigie (set in an ancient tomb), "The Bodymaster" by Harold Ward, "Jangle Death" by Artemus Calloway (involving crocodiles and voodooism), "The Snake Fiend" by Farnsworth Wright, "The Forty Jars" by Ray McGilliyray (Orient-set), "The Thing of a Thousand Shapes" by Otis Adelbert Kline (novel conclusion), "Six Feet of Willow" by Carrol F. Michener, and "The Hall of the Dead" by Francis D. Grierson (Egyptian occult story). "The Scar" excerpt shows Dr. Carlson summoned to a mysterious case by unknown parties using subterfuge and kidnapping tactics.
About this artifact
- Date
- April 1923
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
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