Weird Tales, Vol. 5, No. 6

# Catalog Description

This issue of Weird Tales features a variety of supernatural and exotic fiction. Arthur Styron's "The Clock" dramatizes a man's terrible obsession with a timepiece. "The Soul That Waited" by Louis B. Capron explores a passionate attraction to an Egyptian mummy transcending centuries. Junius B. Smith's "An Arc of Direction" concerns a man whose horoscope predicts his execution. J. Schlossel contributes the first installment of "Hurled Into the Infinite," an astronomical tale in two parts. Michael V. Simko's "The Witch of Kravetz" depicts a brutal Russian custom involving a beautiful woman, while W. J. Stamper offers "Lips of the Dead," a grim Haitian narrative. Gordon Philip England's "The House, the Light, and the Man" describes a ghostly apparition driving a man mad. The serial "Invaders From the Dark" by Greye La Spina concludes its narrative of werewolves and occult evil. Additional stories include Everett Boston's "Loo Tun Sin," Arthur J. Burks's "Strange Tales from Santo Domingo" (episode five), and Walter G. Detrick's "Dead Hands." Seabury Quinn contributes the fourth installment of "Servants of Satan," a true account of New England witchcraft centered on George Burroughs. The cover features H. Warner Munn's complete novelette "The Werewolf of Ponkert," with additional promotion for an upcoming July installment about werewolves and un-dead creatures.