An anthology collecting 32 stories of horror and the macabre, one for each year of the magazines initial run. Storyies by Edmond Hamilton, H. Warner Munn, Robert E. Howard, Seabury Quinn, Jack Williamson, Richard Matheson, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and many, many more. Includes some of the illustrations from the pulp magazines.

Only Howard’s THE SHADOW KINGDOM is included from his stories.

Contents

• v •  Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• ix • Foreword (Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz [as by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]
• xiii • Introduction (Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 1 • A Square of Canvas • (1923) • short story by Anthony M. Rud
• 1 •  A Square of Canvas • interior artwork by uncredited
• 13 • The Loved Dead • (1976) • short story by C. M. Eddy, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft [as by C. M. Eddy]
• 13 •  The Loved Dead • interior artwork by uncredited
• 21 • When the Green Star Waned • [Venhez] • (1925) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis
• 21 •  When the Green Star Waned • interior artwork by uncredited
• 40 • The Parasitic Hand • [Dr. Burnstrum] • (1926) • short story by Anthony M. Rud [as by R. Anthony]
• 40 •  The Parasitic Hand • (1926) • interior artwork by G. O. Olinick
• 47 • Evolution Island • (1927) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 47 •  Evolution Island • (1927) • interior artwork by G. O. Olinick
• 67 • The Chain • non-genre • (1928) • short story by H. Warner Munn
• 67 •  The Chain • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 75 • The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 75 •  The Shadow Kingdom • (1929) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 97 • The Shut Room • [Gerald Canevin] • (1930) • novelette by Henry S. Whitehead
• 97 •  The Shut Room • interior artwork by uncredited
• 115 • Satan’s Stepson • [Jules de Grandin] • (1931) • novella by Seabury Quinn
• 115 •  Satan’s Stepson • (1931) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf
• 161 • The Wand of Doom • (1932) • novelette by Jack Williamson
• 161 •  The Wand of Doom • (1932) • interior artwork by T. Wyatt Nelson
• 187 • The Isle of the Torturers • [Zothique] • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 187 •  The Isle of the Torturers • (1933) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 199 • Dust of the Gods • [Northwest Smith] • (1934) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 199 •  Dust of the Gods • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond
• 218 • Charon • (1935) • short story by Laurence J. Cahill
• 218 •  Charon • (1935) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 231 • The Room of Shadows • (1936) • novelette by Arthur J. Burks
• 231 •  The Room of Shadows • (1936) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 249 • The Black Stone Statue • (1937) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 249 •  The Black Stone Statue • (1937) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 259 • The Hairy Ones Shall Dance • [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] • (1938) • novella by Manly Wade Wellman [as by Gans T. Field]
• 259 •  The Hairy Ones Shall Dance • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 310 • Far Below • (1939) • short story by Robert Barbour Johnson
• 310 •  Far Below • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay [as by Harold S. DeLay]
• 321 • The Automatic Pistol • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 321 •  The Automatic Pistol • (1940) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 334 • The Case of Charles Dexter Ward • [Dream Cycle] • (1943) • novel by H. P. Lovecraft
• 334 •  The Case of Charles Dexter Ward • interior artwork by Harry Ferman
• 427 • Masquerade • (1942) • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 427 •  Masquerade • (1942) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 438 • Black Barter • [Margate] • (1943) • novelette by Robert Bloch
• 438 •  Black Barter • (1943) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 465 • The Peeper • (1944) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 465 •  The Peeper • (1944) • interior artwork by John Giunta
• 474 • Carnaby’s Fish • (1945) • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 474 •  Carnaby’s Fish • (1945) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 483 • Let’s Play Poison • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of Let’s Play “Poison” 1946)
• 483 •  Let’s Play Poison • (1946) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of Let’s Play “Poison”)
• 488 • The Will of Claude Ashur • (1947) • novelette by C. Hall Thompson
• 488 •  The Will of Claude Ashur [2] • (1947) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 522 • The Professor’s Teddy Bear • (1948) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of The Professor’s Teddy-Bear)
• 522 •  The Professor’s Teddy Bear • (1948) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 531 • Come and Go Mad • (1949) • novelette by Fredric Brown
• 531 •  Come and Go Mad • (1949) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 562 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
• 562 •  Legal Rites • interior artwork by Fred Humiston
• 584 • Something from Out There • (1951) • short story by August Derleth
• 584 •  Something from Out There • (1951) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of Plate 7 (A Portfolio of Drawings by Hannes Bok) 1948)
• 595 • The Green Parrot • (1952) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 595 •  The Green Parrot • (1952) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 600 • Slaughter House • (1953) • novelette by Richard Matheson
• 600 •  Slaughter House • (1953) • interior artwork by Joseph Eberle
• 626 • Call Not Their Names • (1954) • novelette by Everil Worrell
• 626 •  Call Not Their Names • (1954) • interior artwork by Joseph Eberle

Notes

Interior art credits for “The Shut Room”, “The Isle of the Torturers”, “Dust of the Gods”, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, “Carnaby’s Fish”, “Let’s Play Poison”, “The Will of Claude Ashur”, “Come and Go Mad”, “Legal Rites”, “Something from Out There”, “Slaughter House” and “Call Not Their Names” per Jaffery and Cook The Collector’s Index to Weird Tales and the original appearance of the story (Other illustrations where signed, match the original illustrator)

Edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg
Books purchased from Weinberg Books included a loose book plate signed by the three editors.
One story reprinted from each year of publication 1923-1954.
The cover art is from the November 1941 issue of WEIRD TALES