The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 4, December 1934

Due to increased printing costs, we find it no longer possible to continue our covers.
We hope that this issue will give you a better appreciation of that father of the weird tale, Edgar Allan Poe. H. P. Lovecraft's article brings out many points in the ability of this immortal which have never been mentioned in his biographies.
The issues have been consistently pleasing. The September had the edge over the October number on account of variety. —Lester Anderson, Hayward, Calif.
I wish you to know that the idea of dedicating each issue is a very fine one. I hope you can keep on giving us such fine material that has never before seen print. —F. Lee Baldwin, Asotin, Wash.
Oh—hurray and other such expletives! It just tickled me pink to find some more of H. P. Lovecraft's works 'Fungi from Yuggoth,' 'Tis many a long year I've been waiting to find more of them. —Gertrude Hemken, Chicago, Ill.
I am extremely glad to see the new TFF, which manages to hold much of interest despite the space I use up. As I said before, I surely appreciate the courtesy of the dedication. I shall be anxious to see the coming Smith and Poe numbers. —H. P. Lovecraft, Providence, R. I.
Congratulations on the new and greatly improved appearance of TFF. The new cover adds its dignity. —Richard Ely Morse, Washington, D. C.
Horror Stories , a companion weird magazine to Terror Tales , will appear in the middle of December.... The Winford Publications' weird magazine forecast in this column some months ago made its bow in November under the title, Mystery Novels Magazine, Weird! Strange!! Unusual!!! To judge from the first issue there will appear a complete book-length novel in each number, to be accompanied by three or four weird-mystery yarns.... Edmond Hamilton deserts science fiction in the February Weird Tales for a crime story, called Murder in the Grave .... Clark Ashton Smith does a lot of drawing for his own amusement, mostly heads of supernatural creatures. One very good one shows an old man with an elephant's trunk for a nose, ending in the head of a snake.