WEIRD TALES
The Unique Magazine
EDWIN BAIRD, Editor
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Copyright, 1923, by The Rural Publishing Corporation.
VOLUME 1 25 Cents NUMBER 4
Contents for June, 1923
Sixteen Thrilling Short Stories
Two Complete Novelettes
Two Two-Part Stories
Interesting, Odd and Weird Happenings
| THE EVENING WOLVES | PAUL ELLSWORTH TRIEM | [5] |
| An Exciting Tale of Weird Events | ||
| DESERT MADNESS | HAROLD FREEMAN MINERS | [19] |
| A Fanciful Novel of the Red Desert | ||
| THE JAILER OF SOULS | HAMILTON CRAIGIE | [32] |
| A Powerful Novel of Sinister Madmen that Mounts to an Astounding Climax | ||
| JACK O’ MYSTERY | EDWIN MacLAREN | [49] |
| A Modern Ghost Story | ||
| OSIRIS | ADAM HULL SHIRK | [55] |
| A Weird Tale of an Egyptian Mummy | ||
| THE WELL | JULIAN KILMAN | [57] |
| A Short Story | ||
| THE PHANTOM WOLFHOUND | ADELBERT KLINE | [60] |
| A Spooky Yarn by the Author of “The Thing of a Thousand Shapes” | ||
| THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE | EDGAR ALLAN POE | [64] |
| A Masterpiece of Weird Fiction | ||
| THE MOON TERROR | A. G. BIRCH | [72] |
| Final Thrilling Installment of the Mysterious Chinese Moon Worshipers | ||
| THE MAN THE LAW FORGOT | WALTER NOBLE BURNS | [81] |
| A Remarkable Story of the Dead Returned to Life | ||
| THE BLADE OF VENGEANCE | GEORGE WARBURTON LEWIS | [86] |
| A Powerful, Gripping Story Well Told | ||
| THE GRAY DEATH | LOUAL B. SUGARMAN | [91] |
| Horrifying and Incredible Tale of the Amazon Valley | ||
| THE VOICE IN THE FOG | HENRY LEVERAGE | [95] |
| Another Thriller by the Author of “Whispering Wires” | ||
| THE INVISIBLE TERROR | HUGH THOMASON | [100] |
| An Uncanny Tale of the Jungle | ||
| THE ESCAPE | HELEN ROWE HENZE | [103] |
| A Short Story | ||
| THE SIREN | TARLETON COLLIER | [105] |
| A Storiette That Is “Different” | ||
| THE MADMAN | HERBERT HIPWELL | [107] |
| A Night of Horror in the Mortuary | ||
| THE CHAIR | DR. HARRY E. MERENESS | [109] |
| An Electrocution Vividly Described by an Eyewitness | ||
| THE CAULDRON | PRESTON LANGLEY HICKEY | [111] |
| True Adventures of Terror | ||
| THE EYRIE | BY THE EDITOR | [113] |
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Finding “The Fountain of Youth”
A Long-Sought Secret, Vital to Happiness, Has Been Discovered.
By H. M. Stunz
Alas! that spring should vanish with the rose!
That youth’s sweet-scented manuscript should close!
—OMAR KHAYYAM.
A secret vital to human happiness has been discovered. An ancient problem which, sooner or later, affects the welfare of virtually every man and woman, has been solved. As this problem undoubtedly will come to you eventually, if it has not come already, I urge you to read this article carefully. It may give you information of a value beyond all price.
This newly-revealed secret is not a new “philosophy” of financial success. It is not a political panacea. It has to do with something of far greater moment to the individual—success and happiness in love and marriage—and there is nothing theoretical, imaginative or fantastic about it, because it comes from the coldly exact realms of science and its value has been proved. It “works.” And because it does work—surely, speedily and most delightfully—it is one of the most important discoveries made in many years. Thousands already bless it for having rescued them from lives of disappointment and misery. Millions will rejoice because of it in years to come.
The peculiar value of this discovery is that it removes physical handicaps which, in the past, have been considered inevitable and irremediable. I refer to the loss of youthful animation and a waning of the vital forces. These difficulties have caused untold unhappiness—failures, shattered romances, mysterious divorces. True happiness does not depend on wealth, position or fame. Primarily, it is a matter of health. Not the inefficient, “half-alive” condition which ordinarily passes as “health,” but the abundant, vibrant, magnetic vitality of superb manhood and womanhood.
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The Cleanest, Yet Most Outspoken, Book Published
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It is impossible to conceive of the value of the book; it must undoubtedly be read to be appreciated, and it is obviously impossible to give here a complete summary of its contents. The knowledge is not obtainable elsewhere; there is a conspiracy of silence on the essential matters concerning sex conduct, and the object of the author has been to break the barriers of convention in this respect, recognizing as he does that no marriage can be a truly happy one unless both partners are free to express the deepest feelings they have for each other without degrading themselves or bringing into the world undesired children.
The author is an idealist who recognizes the sacredness of the sex function and the right of children to be loved and desired before they are born. Very, very few of us can say truly that we were the outcome of the conscious desire of our parents to beget us. They, however, were not to blame because they had not the knowledge which would have enabled them to control conception.
Let us, then, see that our own marriage conduct brings us happiness and enjoyment in itself and for our children.
A Book for Idealists by an Idealist
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SEX CONDUCT IN MARRIAGE
By BERNARD BERNARD
Editor-in-Chief of “Health and Life”
Answers simply and directly, those intimate questions which Mr. Bernard has been called upon to answer innumerable times before, both personally and by correspondence. It is a simple, straightforward explanation, unclouded by ancient fetish or superstition.
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- When the Sex Function Should Be Used.
- Sex Tragedies in Childhood.
- The Consummation of Marriage.
- The Art of a Beautiful Conception.
- Sex Communion.
- The Scientific Control of Conception.
- Sex Fear Destroyed.
- The Frequency of the Sex Act.
- The Initiation to Matrimony.
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Sex Organs.
- The Spontaneous Expression of Love.
- Why Women Have Been Subjected.
- Men Who Marry in Ignorance.
- Hereditary Passion.
- Marriage a Joy to the End.
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