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Tuesday May 24, 2022
”Fog Country” by Allison V. Harding
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
"Fog Country" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The work was first published by Weird Tales in its July 1945 edition, and tells of a peculiar mist that occasionally settles over a small, coastal town.

Tuesday May 17, 2022
”The Treader of the Dust” / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Clark Ashton Smith
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
"The Treader in the Dust" is a short story by American author Clark Ashton Smith. The story introduces Quachil Uttaus and the Testament of Carnamagos to the Cthulhu Mythos, in relation to the tale of an unnamed character who obtains the forbidden tome from a sinister book-seller.

Tuesday May 10, 2022
”Doctor Satan” by Paul Ernst
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
"Doctor Satan" is a short story by the American author, Paul Ernst. First appearing in Weird Tales in August 1935, the enigmatic Doctor Satan was described as ‘the world's weirdest criminal—an immensely wealthy man, who has turned to crime to satisfy his longing for thrills.’ There are 8 stories in the Doctor Satan series, with the titular character up against numerous challenges, pitted against his nemesis, the criminologist, Ascott Keane. This is the first story in the series.

Sunday May 08, 2022
”A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain / Based on the ”Cardiff Giant”
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
"A Ghost Story" is a short story by the American writer Mark Twain. The tale is based upon the Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in United States history. It was a 10-foot-tall purported "petrified man" uncovered in 1869, by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York.

Tuesday May 03, 2022
”Music of the Stars” / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Duane W. Rimel
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
"Music of the Stars" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Duane W. Rimel. The tale, which first appeared in The Acolyte in its Spring 1943 edition, tells of a musician who claims to have discovered an ancient and terrible form of music.

Sunday May 01, 2022
”The Sixth Tree” / A Classic Weird Tale by Edith L. Stewart
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
"The Sixth Tree" by Edith L. Stewart was first published in the May-June-July 1924 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, and was described as follows: “This is a tale of the weirdest game that ever was played.”

Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
”Lethe” / A Rare Weird Tale by Harold G. Shane
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
"Lethe" is a short weird tale by the mysterious author, Harold G. Shane. Page 742 of the June 1936 edition of Weird Tales describes the story as follows: “A bizarre little story about the strange fascination of an old oil painting.”

Sunday Apr 24, 2022
”They” / A Rare Weird tale by Robert Barbour Johnson
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
"They" is a short story by the American author, Robert Barbour Johnson. The story, which was published by Weird Tales in January 1936, tells of a curious horror in a remote canyon.

Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
”A Visitor from Far Away” by Loretta Burrough
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
"A Visitor from Far Away" is a short story by the American author, Loretta Burrough. The story was published by Weird Tales in its February 1936 edition, and tells of the dreadful horror that hung over Mrs. Bowen for two decades.

Sunday Apr 17, 2022
”Murder in the Grave” / A Buried Alive Story by Edmond Hamilton
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
"Murder in the Grave" is a short story by the American author, Edmond Hamilton. The story was published in Weird Tales in February 1935. The magazine described it as a story of a ‘terrible ordeal’ – a night of terror ten feet below the surface of the ground.