Ben Tucker
Blackmailer
First, the sultry babe stormed into his office and demanded fifty grand, as if making a deal with her butcher. That night two mugs spoiled R…
Whispering Tunnels
A novelette of Verdun, the World War and Devil-Worship! - Summary by Weird Tales Magazine
The Vanisher
He was expendable, this Web Hilton, this young officer with the strange heritage. And so it was that he was ordered out into space where he …
Stories of the Rhine
Émile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, more widely known by their joint nom de plume Erckmann-Chatrian, were in their time more recog…
Weird Tales Double Feature: The Death Pit & In Kashla's Garden
Incredibly prolific author Oscar Schisgall, who contributed over 4,000 stories to publications like Reader's Digest and Colliers, published …
Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring
The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys …
Murder Makes Me Mad
REVENGE IS FOR MEMurder makes me mad. Me, Rex Howard, private eye. And when a tough waterfront boss killed my kid sister, I swore I'd get my…
Fearful Rock
A tale of the War between the States, and dark, evil powers! - Summary by Weird Tales February 1939
The Unholy Three
Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and put your eyes on the most bizarre crime spree you will ever bear witness to! See the broad-shouldere…
Transient
Governor Alman Lampley makes an unplanned stop in a small town on the way to his destination. Everything looks familiar yet slightly off. He…
Weird Tales Double Feature: The Shadows & The Projection of Armand Dubois
Gather 'round for a pair of West Indies folk horror stories ripped from the pages of Weird Tales Magazine brought to you by master of the we…
The Cinema of Orson Welles
Acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) was, early in his career, a film critic. It was during this time t…
My Lady Greensleeves
In a future where everyone is assigned profession-based classifications, defying your place in society can land you in prison. Captain Liam …
The Flying Eyes
The National Guardsmen waited for the Flying Eyes, restlessly fingering their rifles and machine guns. Then they came-eight of them-diving s…
Strip, Wench...or Die!
Rip Austin knew that curvaceous Sally Vaughn had been murdered for her insurance money, but how could he prove it when the local vice lords …
Newshound
The Fourth Estate was highly specializedin the 22nd Century; for example, a good newsmanpredicted coming events—and made them happen.... - S…
The Black Drama
A strange weird story about the eery personality known as Varduk, who claimed descent from Lord Byron, and the hideous doom that stalked in …
The Early Misadventures of Toffee
Included in this collection are the first two stories featuring that wonderfully wacky dream girl temptress Toffee! Stories include:"I…
Three Midnight Stories
Alexander W. Drake was a well-regarded illustrator and engraver, spending much of his career at the vaunted Scribner's Monthly magazine (whi…
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
World-renowned Russian author Ivan Turgenev brings us a collection of stories that traffic in the world of dreams, stories of lost love, of …