Weird Tales, Vol. X, No. 5

About this issue

This issue of Weird Tales features seven primary stories across science fiction, supernatural, and speculative horror genres. Arthur J. Burks contributes "The Invading Horde," a weird-scientific narrative depicting Asiatic hordes attacking America's future via giant submarines. Sewell Peaslee Wright offers "The Wolf," a supernatural tale set in the Canadian Northwest where a man confronts an evil entity. Clare Winger Harris presents "A Certain Soldier," exploring reincarnation themes through an ancient Rome narrative. G. G. Pendarves' "The Lord of the Tarn" features monstrous cats and diabolical rituals at a spectral abbey. Frank Belknap Long, Jr. contributes verse titled "The White People." Manly Wade Wellman's "Back to the Beast" depicts evolutionary regression experiments. Edmond Hamilton's four-part serial "The Time-Raider" continues, following an entity pursuing victims through time. Henry S. Whitehead's "The Shadows" involves West Indian folklore and a Jumbee apparition. Additional selections include Will Smith's "Other Earths," featuring interstellar exploration, and reprinted works including Edgar Allan Poe's "The Thousand and Second Tale."