Weird Tales, Vol. 12, No. 4

About this issue

This issue features a diverse array of supernatural and adventure fiction. The lead serial is "The Werewolf's Daughter" (Part 1) by H. Warner Munn, following the romantic complications arising from the daughter of a legendary werewolf in Hungary. Paul Ernst's "The Temple of Serpents" involves a skeptical American encountering terror through a carved stone snake. Mayo Reiss contributes "Camate Crystal," exploring a meteorite-derived mineral with horrific experimental results. Leroy Ernest Fess's "The Dream Chair" depicts a man living a dual life—respectable citizen by day, hunted criminal by night—until the chair intervenes. Seabury Quinn offers "Restless Souls," a Jules de Grandin vampire tale blending beauty with horror. Theodore Roscoe's "The Dancing Death" portrays fanatical Muslims and a mysterious twitching plague afflicting white men. Additional stories include Genevieve Larsson's "City of Lost Souls," Wallace West's "The Incubator Man," and Arthur J. Burks's conclusion to "Invisible Threads," involving occult vengeance. The issue also reprints Richard Harris Barham's "The Specter of Tappington" from The Ingoldsby Legends.