Avon Fantasy Reader No. 8 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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9 rege — ote ale abe afe ate abe ate ate ate ate ate ate abe ste ste ate Out-of-This-World ADVENTURES The AVON FANTASY READER is gathering an ever-increasing army of enthusiastic supporters. They are discovering that here they can find those long-sought- for classics of fantasy, those rare gems of imaginative writing, that have contributed most heavily to the present popularity of science-fiction and weird-fiction in America. In the AVON FANTASY READER alone can be found the sort of short stories and novelettes which made the reputations of some of our leading imaginative authors. For example, in this number you will read: ~ THE QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST, a never previously reprinted adventure of Robert E. Howard’s famous hero Conan the Cimmerian—who found love and horror in an Africa darker by far than any we've known «with a beautiful and hot-blooded pirate witch. THE MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA, a temark- » able prophecy of the unexpected future that may await mankind in tomorrow’s atomic mysteries. A story by Francis Flagg which compares favorably with those of H. G. Wells. THE CANAL, which is an unforgettable romance of deep midnight; a tale of a strangely charming girl and the ungodly price it would cost to win her. ZERO HOUR by Ray Bradbury, a devilish tale of a child’s game called “Invasion” and the startling inter- planetary outcome of it. ; FFP PP eses sega And many other mind-tingling tales such as H. P. Lovecraft’s story of a U-Boat in Atlantis, Algernon Blackwood’s ghostly tale of THE OTHER WING, Frank Belknap Long’s outré novelette of THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND LEGS, and yarns by Mary E. Counsel- man, John Michel, and Ambrose Bierce. The eighth AVON FANTASY READER is a must for everyone who enjoys thrills with an out-of-this-world tang. ——D.A.W, afe ne ae ate ofe ate ate abe abe ate ate abe ate ste ste $$Seeeeeecegeg ST SSP SESS Pee ee eeeegeeeegy ConnicloOoks COTM