Vol. 3 , No. 1
Title Issue: MULti-WT0009
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Corp.; Indianapolis, IN
Editor: Edwin Baird
Price: $0.25
Pages: 96
Cover: R. M. Mally 

Novelettes:
Black Sorcery..........Paul Annixter
The Cobra Lily..........Ledyard M. Bailey
The Hook of Death..........Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith

Short Stories:
The Black Cat..........Edgar Allan Poe
The Cat Called Carlos..........Hal Field Leslie
A Game of Chance..........Henry Lieferant and Sylvia B. Saltzberg
The Hand of Fatma..........Harry Anable Kniffin
The Man Who Banished Himself..........Ferdinand Berthoud
The Monstrosity..........George W. Crane
The Open Window..........Frank Owen
The Picture in the House..........H. P. Lovecraft

Short Fiction:
Snake..........Galen C. Colin

Essays/Articles:
The Magic Mirror Murders..........Seabury Quinn

Poems:
The Cataleptic..........Charles Layng 
Hops..........Preston Langley Hickey 
Solution..........Clark Ashton Smith

Vol. III, Number 1 issue for January, 1924 of the classic pulp magazine, “Weird Tales”. Famed as the magazine showcasing the works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, this 96pp large format (9” x 12”) issue’s cover shows a cowboy on a run-away horse being pursued by a ghostly phantom rider spinning a lariat. The issue contains the H.P. Lovecraft story, “The Picture in the House”; other stories included are: “The Abysmal Horror” by B. Wallis, “Black Sorcery” by Paul Annixter; “The Hand of Fatma” by Harry Anabl Kniffin, “The Man Who Banished Himself” by Ferdinand Berthoud; “A Game of Chance” by Henry Lieferant and Sylvia B. Saltzberg; “The Open Window” by Frank Owen; “The Cat Called Carlos” by H. F. Leslie; “The Picture in the House” by H.P. Lovecraft; a continuing installment of “Draconda” by John Martin Leahy; “The Hook of Death” by Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith; “The Monstrosity” by George W. Crane; “The Cobra Lily” by Ledyard M. Bailey; Weird Crimes No. 3. “The Magic Mirror Murders” by Seabury Quinn; Masterpieces of Weird Fiction No. 5. “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe; The Eyrie letters to the editors section.
 

Vol. 3 , No. 2
Title Issue: MULti-WT0010
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Corp.; Indianapolis, IN
Editor: Edwin Baird
Year: 1924
Price: $0.25
Pages: 96
Cover: R. M. Mally 

Novelettes:
Planet Paradise..........Richard Tooker [as Dick Presley Tooker] 

Short Stories
Carved in the Flesh..........Tom Rawson Hilbourn 
Doctor DeBruce..........Earl Leaston Bell
The Door of Doom..........Mary Sharon
The Ghost of Silent Smith..........C. Franklin Miller
The Guilty Man..........Marion Carrere
The Hall Bedroom..........W. Elwyn Backus
The Hater..........B. W. Wilson
The Hound..........H. P. Lovecraft
The Tap..........Arthur Edwards Chapman
The Thing that Should not Be..........Burton Peter Thom

Short Fiction:
The Killer..........Harold Ward

Essays/Articles:
Swiatek, The Beggar..........Seabury Quinn

Poems:
The Ghost..........Mary Sharon
 

Vol. 3 , No. 3
Title Issue: MULti-WT0011
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Corp.; Indianapolis, IN
Editor: Edwin Baird
Price: $0.25
Pages: 96
Cover: R. M. Mally 

Short Stories:
Ashes..........H. P. Lovecraft [as C. M. Eddy, Jr.] 
Creatures of the Night..........A. P. McMahon
The Fine Art of Suicide..........Howard Rockey
The Hermit of Ghost Mountain..........C. Franklin Miller
The House in the Forest..........Harold Ward 
Justice in the Foothills..........Clement White 
Never Bet the Devil Your Head..........Edgar Allan Poe
The Rats in the Walls..........H. P. Lovecraft
The Statement of Archibald Swayne..........Burton Peter Thom
The Toad..........Donovan G. Fitzpatrick
The Voice of Euphemia..........Eudora Ramsay Richardson 
Yellow and White..........George Fuller Zillah..........Valma Clark

Poems:
The Crystal Globe..........Preston Langley Hickey 
Hunger..........Leonard Fohn
The Melancholy Pool..........Clark Ashton Smith
The Visit of the Skulls..........Leonard Fohn 

April, 1924, Vol. 3, #4 issue of “Weird Tales”. From the time period before “Weird Tales” went to the smaller digest size, this 96 page issue measures 9” x 12” with a terror-ific cover for the lead story “The Spirit Lover - An Astounding Expose of Fraud Mediums” by Houdini (pages 3-5). There is also the concluding installment of Houdini’s spiritualistic expose “The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt” (pages 52-56) plus the question/answer “Ask Houdini” column (pages 86-88) with letters answered by Houdini. Other major contributors to the issue include H.P Lovecraft (with both “The White Ape” (page 15-18) and the poem “Nemesis” (page 78)) and Seabury Quinn (“Weird Crimes - No. 5 Mary Blandy” (pages 80-84)). 

Vol. III, Number 3 for March, 1924 of the classic pulp magazine, “Weird Tales”. Famed as the magazine showcasing the works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, this 96pp large format (9” x 12”) issue’s cover story is the 4 page story entitled “The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt - An Amazing Adventure of Houdini” by Harry Houdini and subtitled on the cover “The Most Miraculous True Story Ever Written”. The stunning cover is designed to look like the famous pose of Houdini in chains. The issue also contains one of the most well-known Lovecraft stories, “The Rats in the Walls” and an “Ask Houdini” section where, to quote directly: “Houdini, Master of Escape, authority on the subject of spiritualistic and psyhic phenomena and creator of the weird and mysterious, will answer through the columns of this magazine any rational question that is deemed of general interest to our readers....”. A listing of other stories included are: “The Hermit of Ghost Mountain” by C. Franklin Miller, “Justice in the Foothills” by Clement White, “Zillah” by Valma Clark, “Hunger” poem by Leonard Fohn, “The Fine Art of Suicide” by Howard Rockey, “Ashes” by C. M. Eddy, Jr., “The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Voice of Euphemia: A Strange Tale of the Spirit World” by Eudora Ramsay Richardson, “Yellow and White” by George Fuller (thumb-sized stain on page), second installment of Sybla Ramus’ weird novel of mysterious India, “Coils of Darkness”, “The Toad” by Donovan G. Fitzpatrick, “The Statement of Archibald Swayne” by Burton Peter Thom, second installment of “The Transparent Ghost” by Isa-Belle Manzer, a continuing installment of “Draconda” by John Martin Leahy, “Creatures of the Night” by A. P. McMahon, “The House in the Forest” by Harold Ward, Masterpieces of Weird Fiction No. 6. “Never Bet the Devil Your Head - A Tale with a Moral” by Edgar Allan Poe, and finally The Eyrie - ‘Ask Houdini’ question/answer section.

 

Vol. 3 , No. 4
Title Issue: MULti-WT0012
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Corp.; Indianapolis, IN
Editor: Edwin Baird
Price: $0.25
Pages: 96
Cover: R. M. Mally 

Short Stories:
The Brown Mouse..........Edward Parrish Ware
The Devil Bird..........Hal Halbert 
Down Through the Ages..........Rex Hall 
Exhibit "A"..........Anne Harris Hadley
The Ghost-Eater..........H. P. Lovecraft [as C. M. Eddy, Jr.] 
The Great Adventure..........Bryan Irvine
The Man Who Dared to Know..........Junius B. Smith 
Sport for Ladies..........Stanley G. Thompson
The Thing..........Frank Marion Palmer Tragedy Island..........J. M. Alvey
The White Ape [vt Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family]..........H. P. Lovecraft

Short Fiction:
Shadows..........Frank Owen

Essays/Articles:
The Hoax of the Spirit Lover..........Harry Houdini 
Mary Blandy..........Seabury Quinn

Poems:
Nemesis..........H. P. Lovecraft 
 

Vol. 4 , No. 2
Title Issue: MULti-WT0013
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Corp.; Indianapolis, IN
Editor: Edwin Baird
Price: $0.50
Pages: 192
Cover: R. M. Mally 

Novelettes:
In The Weird Light..........Edward Everett and Ralph Howard Wright

Short Stories:
"Whoso Diggeth a Pit"..........Vida Taylor Adams 
Called Back..........Dan W. Totheron
The Cellar..........Paul L. Anderson
The Dancing Partner..........Guy L. Helms 
Deep Calleth..........Gordon Burns 
Deep Sea Game..........Arthur J. Messier 
Doctor Grant's Experiment..........H. A. Noureddin Addis 
An Egyptian Lotus..........Mrs. Chetwood Smith 
First Degree..........Robert Cosmo Harding
A Glimpse Beyond..........H. M. Hamilton
The Hand..........H. Francis Caskey
The Haunted Mansion in the Pines..........Leonard F. Schumann 
Hypnos..........H. P. Lovecraft
The Imposter..........Norman Springer 
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs..........H. P. Lovecraft [as Harry Houdini] 
It!..........E. M. Samson 
Just Bones..........Samuel Stewart Mims
The Latvian..........Herman Fetzer
The Loved Dead..........H. P. Lovecraft [as C. M. Eddy, Jr.] 
The Machine from Outside..........Don Howard
The Malignant Entity..........Otis Adelbert Kline
The Man Who Lived Next Door to Himself..........Frank Owen
The Man Who Thought He Was Dead..........Granville S. Hoss 
Mystery River..........Elwin J. Owens
The Purple Death..........Edith Lyle Ragsdale
The Soul Mark..........H. C. Wire
The Sunken Land..........George W. Bayly 
Tea Leaves..........Henry S. Whitehead

Short Fiction:
Eyes..........Galen C. Colin
The God Yuano..........Marjorie Darter
The Last Entry..........Meredith Beyers
The Sixth Tree..........Edith Lichty Stewart
Spirits..........J. M. Alvey
The Vow on Halloween..........Lyllian Huntley Harris

Essays/Articles:
The Werewolf of St. Bonnot..........Seabury Quinn 
Why Weird Tales?..........Otis Adelbert Kline [as Anonymous]
 

Vol. 4 , No. 3
Title Issue: MULti-WT0014
Publisher: Popular Fiction Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL
Editor: Farnsworth Wright
Price: $0.25
Pages: 192
Cover: Andrew Brosnatch 

Novelettes:
John Carroll, Legionary of Rome..........Bruce Wallis 
Teoquitla the Golden..........Ramòn de las Cuevas

Short Stories:
Adventure of Souls..........Robert Lee Heiser
The Brain in the Jar..........Norman Elwood Hammerstrom and R. F. Searight
The Desert Lich..........Frank Belknap Long [as Frank Belknap Long, Jr.] 
The Door..........Henry S. Whitehead
The Ghost of Liscard Manor..........Walter Burns
The Great Panjandrum..........Francis Hard
The Green and Gold Bug..........J. M. Alvey
The Pelican..........Charles L. Frederick
The Phantom Rider..........Otis Adelbert Kline
The Purple Light..........Ralph Parker Anderson 
Six Bearded Men..........Elwin J. Owens
A Soulless Resurrection..........Anonymous
A Suicide Complex..........Robert Allways 
Thus Spake the Prophetess..........Estil Critchie
The Tortoise-Shell Cat..........Greye La Spina
The Tower of Silence..........Don Willis 
Well, I'll Tell You, Ma..........W. McKeown

Essays/Articles:
The Human Hyena..........Seabury Quinn

Poems:
To a Dreamer..........H. P. Lovecraft 
 

Vol. 4 , No. 4
Title Issue: MULti-WT0015
Publisher: Popular Fiction Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL
Editor: Farnsworth Wright
Price: $0.25
Pages: 192
Cover: Andrew Brosnatch 

Short Stories:
Bkack Temple Band..........Elwin J. Owens
The Case of the Russian Stevedore..........Henry W. Whitehill 
Creeping Mist..........Thomas B. Sherman
The Crimson Crucifix..........H. Thompson Rich
The Death Clinic..........Otto E. A. Schmidt 
Death-Waters..........Frank Belknap Long
The Earth Girl..........Carroll K. Michener 
Fairy Gossamer..........Harry Harrison Kroll
A Hand from the Deep..........Romeo Poole 
His Family..........C. Franklin Miller 
Kaivalya..........Mrs. Edgar Saltus
The Silent Five..........Anthony D. Keogh
The Song Eternal..........Galen C. Colin
A Tryst with Death..........Edgar White 
Voodoo..........Estil Critchie 
With Weapons of Stone..........C. M. Eddy, Jr. 
Youth..........Howard R. Marsh

Short Fiction:
After..........Dennis Francis Hannigan 
Cave of Murdered Men..........W. Benson Dooling