Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazineThe Project Gutenberg eBook of Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine Author: Various Editor: Edwin Baird Release date: September 11, 2022 [eBook #68957] Most recently updated: March 14, 2023 Language: English Original publication: United States: Rural Publishing Corporation, 1923 Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68957 Credits: Eric Schmidt, Wouter Franssen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WEIRD TALES, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, MARCH 1923: THE UNIQUE MAGAZINE *** Transcriber's Note: All advertisements have been moved to the back. Stories that were split over this issue have been recombined. =WEIRD TALES= THE UNIQUE MAGAZINE Printed in U.S.A. March, 1923 25 Cents "OOZE" An Extraordinary Novelette By ANTHONY M. RUD The Tale of A Thousand Thrills _Complete in This Issue_ WEIRD TALES THE UNIQUE MAGAZINE EDWIN BAIRD, Editor Published monthly by the RURAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 934 North Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. Application made for entry at the postoffice at Chicago, Ill., as second class matter. Single copies, 25 cents: subscription, $3 a year in the United States, $3.50 in Canada. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts in transit, by fire, or otherwise, although every precaution is taken with such material. All manuscripts should be typewritten and must be accompanied by stamped and self-addressed envelopes. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright, and publishers are cautioned against using the same, either wholly or in part. Copyright, 1923, by the Rural Publishing Corporation. VOLUME 1 25 Cents NUMBER 1 Contents for March, 1923 TWENTY-TWO REMARKABLE SHORT STORIES The Mystery of Black Jean JULIAN KILMAN 41 _A story of blood-curdling realism, with a smashing surprise at the end._ The Grave ORVILLE R. EMERSON 47 _A soul-gripping story of terror._ Hark! The Rattle! JOEL TOWNSLEY ROGERS 53 _An uncommon tale that will cling to your memory for many a day._ The Ghost Guard BRYAN IRVINE 59 _A "spooky" tale with a grim background._ The Ghoul and the Corpse G. A. WELLS 65 _An amazing yarn of weird adventure in the frozen North._ Fear DAVID R. SOLOMON 73 _Showing how fear can drive a strong man to the verge of insanity._ The Place of Madness MERLIN MOORE TAYLOR 89 _What two hours in a prison "solitary" did to a man._ The Closing Hand FARNSWORTH WRIGHT 98 _A brief story powerfully written._ The Unknown Beast HOWARD ELLIS DAVIS 100 _An unusual tale of a terrifying monster._ The Basket HERBERT J. MANGHAM 106 _A queer little story about San Francisco._ The Accusing Voice MEREDITH DAVIS 110 _The singular experience of Allen Defoe._ The Sequel WALTER SCOTT STORY 119 _A new conclusion to Edgar Allen Poe's "Cask of Amontillado."_ The Weaving Shadows W. H. HOLMES 122 _Chet Burke's strange adventures in a haunted house._ Nimba, the Cave Girl R. T. M. SCOTT 131 _An odd, fantastic little story of the Stone Age._ The Young Man Who Wanted to Die ? ? ? 135 _An anonymous author submits a startling answer to the question, "What comes after death?"_ The Scarlet Night WILLIAM SANFORD 140 _A tale with an eerie thrill._ The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni JOSEPH FAUS and JAMES BENNETT WOODING 143 _An eccentric doctor creates a frightful living thing._ The Return of Paul Slavsky CAPT. GEORGE WARBURTON LEWIS 150 _A "creepy" tale that ends in a shuddering, breath-taking way._ The House of Death F. GEORGIA STROUP 156 _The strange secret of a lonely woman._ The Gallows I. W. D. PETERS 161 _An out-of-the-ordinary story._ The Skull HAROLD WARD 164 _A grim tale with a terrifying end._ The Ape-Man JAMES B. M. CLARK, JR. 169 _A Jungle tale that is somehow "different."_ THREE UNUSUAL NOVELETTES The Dead Man's Tale WILLARD E. HAWKINS 7 _An astounding yarn that will hold you spellbound and make you breathe fast with a new mental sensation._ Ooze ANTHONY M. RUD 19 _A Remarkable short novel by a master of "gooseflesh" fiction._ The Chain HAMILTON CRAIGIE 77 _Craigie is at his best here._ A STRANGE NOVEL IN TWO PARTS The Thing of a Thousand Shapes OTIS ADELBERT KLINE 32 _Don't start this story late at night._ THE EYRIE THE EDITOR 180 Also a number of odd facts and queer fancies, crowded in for good measure For Advertising Rates in WEIRD TALES apply to YOUNG & WARD, Advertising Managers, 168 North Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois _"Gooseflesh" Stories_ Tales of horror--or "gooseflesh" stories--are commonly shunned by magazine editors. Few, if any, will consider such a story, no matter how interesting it may be. They believe that the public doesn't want this sort of fiction. We, however, believe otherwise. We believe there are tens of thousands--perhaps hundreds of thousands--of intelligent renders who really enjoy "gooseflesh" stories. Hence-- _=Weird Tales=_. [Illustration] [Illustration] The Unique MAGAZINE WEIRD TALES offers such fiction as you can find in no other magazine--fantastic stories, extraordinary stories, grotesque stories, stories of strange and bizarre adventure--the sort of stories, in brief, that will startle and amaze you. Every story in this issue of WEIRD TALES is an odd and remarkable flight of man's imagination. Some are "creepy," some deal in masterly fashion with "forbidden" subjects, like insanity, some are concerned with the supernatural and others with material things of horror--all are out of the ordinary, surprisingly new and unusual. A sensational departure from the beaten track--that is the reason for _=Weird Tales=_. WEIRD TALES THE UNIQUE MAGAZINE Edited by Edwin Baird VOLUME ONE 25c A COPY MARCH, 1923 SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 A YEAR NUMBER ONE $3.50 IN CANADA _For Scalp-prickling Thrills and Stark Terror, Read_ _The_ DEAD MAN'S TALE _By_ Willard E. Hawkins _The curious narrative that follows was found among the papers of the late Dr. John Pedric, psychical investigator and author of occult works. It bears evidences of having been received through automatic writing, as were several of his publications. Unfortunately, there are no records to confirm this assumption, and none of the mediums or assistants emplo |