Weird Tales, Vol. 5, No. 4

# Catalog Description

This April 1925 issue features supernatural and adventure fiction in the pulp tradition. "The Bloody Moon," by J.A. [author surname unclear], concerns an American frontier family cursed by a dying Native American woman; the protagonist Henry Pearson witnesses an eerie crimson lunar phenomenon in Kentucky, the harbinger of ancestral doom stemming from colonial-era dispossession and violence on Pearson family land.

"The Sinking of the Nautilus," attributed to Donald Edward Keyhoe, presents a framing narrative aboard the schooner Brant. A ship's captain rescued Professor Charles Randolph from the Sargasso Sea; Randolph recounts a disaster that befell the steam yacht Nautilus during research into marine life, involving mysterious phenomena and destructive forces in the ocean depths.

"Moh-chien," co-authored by [author names unclear], follows a Chinese scholar and mystic caught in a violent storm near Soochow. Seeking shelter, he encounters supernatural events at a dwelling and becomes involved with mysterious bodies and mummified remains that require his identification.

Additional stories advertised include "Men Who Walk Upon the Air" by Frank Belknap Long, Jr., and "Little Island" by H. Thompson Rich, depicting a shipwreck survivor discovering an inhabited Pacific isle.