This second volume in a collection of various stories is called Weird Tales #2 and was edited by Lin Carter. It’s a revival of the classic fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales. It is also numbered vol. 48, no. 2 (Spring 1981) in continuation of the numbering of the original magazine. The anthology was first published in paperback by American publisher Zebra Books in December 1980 along with the first volume in this series.
It contains the poem THE SONG OF THE GALLOWS TREE by Robert E. Howard.
The book collects fourteen novelettes, short stories, and poems by various fantasy authors, including both new works by various fantasy authors and reprints from authors associated with the original Weird Tales, together with an editorial and introductory notes to the individual pieces by the editor. The pieces include a “posthumous collaboration” (the story by Smith and Carter).
Contents
- [1] • The Eyrie (Weird Tales #2) • [The Eyrie] • essay by Lin Carter
- [1] • The Eyrie (variant) • (1943) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
- 5 • Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
- 9 • The Night Ocean • novelette by R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Robert H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft]
- 43 • Boy Blue • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
- 59 • Fear • [Lucius Leffing] • novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan
- 86 • Valse Triste • short story by Ray Nelson [as by Ray Faraday Nelson]
- 103 • The Song of the Gallows Tree • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 104 • The Feast in the Abbey • (1935) • short story by Robert Bloch
- 114 • The Lamashtu Amulet • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- 139 • Something in the Moonlight • short story by Lin Carter
- 160 • Trick or Treat • novelette by Ramsey Campbell (variant of The Trick) [as by Ramsay Campbell]
- 183 • The Guardian • [Annals of Arkya • 4] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes
- 183 • Liberation • [Annals of Arkya • 3] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes
- 184 • The Descent Into the Abyss • novelette by Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith
- 198 • The Sapphire Siren • (1934) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis (variant of The Sapphire Goddess)
- 243 • The Sombrus Tower • short story by Tanith Lee
- 262 • Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price]
- 263 • Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by H. Warner Munn
- 264 • Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by Frank Belknap Long
Notes
Edited by Lin Carter
Associate editors: Roy Torgeson and Robert Weinberg
Volume 48 Number 2, Spring 1981
Ramsey Campbell is credited correctly in the table of contents.
Publisher: | Zebra |
Year : | December 1980 |
Book No. : | 0890837155 |
Edition : | 1st |
Format : | Paperback |
Pages : | 265 |
Cover : | Tom Barber |
Illustrations : | None |