Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2
Weird Tales
With its strange and otherworldly stories, Weird Tales Magazine was a portal to the supernatural for readers in the early 20th century. Its pages were filled with tales of haunted houses, dark magic, and eldritch beings that lurked in the shadows, waiting to be discovered by the intrepid readers that digged these pulp magazines, Daddy-O.
Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2
This magazine was published in 1923 and contained the following stories:
- The Scar by Carl Rasmus
- Beyond The Door by J. Paul Suter
- The Tortoise Shell Comb by Roylston Markham
- A Photographic Phantasm by Paul Crumpler, M.D.
- The Living Nightmare by Anton M. Oliver
- The Incubus by Hamilton Craigie
- The Bodymaster by Harold Ward
- Jungle Death by Artemus Calloway
- The Snake Fiend by Farnsworth Wright
- A Square Of Canvas by Anthony M. Rud
- The Affair Of The Man In Scarlet by Julian Kilman
- The Hideous Face by Victor Johns
- The Forty Jars by Ray McGillivray
- The Wish by Myrtle Levy Gaylord
- The Whispering Thing [Part 1 of 2] by Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn
- The Thing Of A Thousand Shapes [Part 2 of 2] by Otis Adelbert Kline
- The Conquering Will by Ted Olson
- Six Feet Of Willow—Green by Carroll K. Michener
- The Hall Of The Dead by Francis D. Grierson
- The Parlor Cemetery by C. E. Howard
- Golden Glow by Harry Irving Shumway
The second issue of Weird Tales, published in April 1923, continued the magazine’s eerie tradition of spine-chilling stories filled with supernatural horror, dark mysteries, and strange phenomena. A true treasure trove for early pulp fiction enthusiasts, this issue expanded on the magazine’s unique blend of terror and the unknown.
This edition features unsettling tales like Beyond The Door by J. Paul Suter, The Living Nightmare by Anton M. Oliver, and The Snake Fiend by Farnsworth Wright. Other highlights include the conclusion of The Thing Of A Thousand Shapes by Otis Adelbert Kline and the beginning of The Whispering Thing (Part 1) by Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn. With haunted objects, bizarre creatures, and uncanny events lurking in every tale, this collection captures the essence of early 20th-century weird fiction.
Building on the eerie atmosphere of its predecessor, Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2 cemented the magazine’s reputation as the go-to source for otherworldly storytelling, thrilling readers with its dark and imaginative tales of horror and fantasy.
