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| VOL. IV, No. 3 | CONTENTS | DECEMBER, 1930 |
| COVER DESIGN | H. W. WESSOLOWSKI | |
| Painted in Oils from a Scene in “The Ape-Men of Xlotli.” | ||
| SLAVES OF THE DUST | SOPHIE WENZEL ELLIS | [295] |
| Fate’s Retribution Was Adequate. There Emerged a Rat with a Man’s Head and Face. | ||
| THE PIRATE PLANET | CHARLES W. DIFFIN | [310] |
| It is War. Interplanetary War. And on Far-Distant Venus Two Fighting EarthlingsStand Up Against a Whole Planet Run Amuck. (Part Two of a Four-PartNovel.) | ||
| THE SEA TERROR | CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK | [336] |
| The Trail of Mystery Gold Leads Carnes and Dr. Bird to a Tremendous Monster ofthe Deep. | ||
| GRAY DENIM | HARL VINCENT | [354] |
| The Blood of the Van Dorn’s Ran in Karl’s Veins. He Rode the Skies Like an AvengingGod. | ||
| THE APE-MEN OF XLOTLI | DAVID R. SPARKS | [370] |
| A Beautiful Face in the Depths of a Geyser—and Kirby Plunges into a Desperate Mid-EarthConflict with the Dreadful Feathered Serpent. (A Complete Novelette.) | ||
| THE READERS’ CORNER | ALL OF US | [421] |
| A Meeting place for Readers of Astounding Stories. | ||
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