Magazine of Horror #15 (volume 3 number 3).
Contains THE VALE OF LOST WOMEN. It was not published during his lifetime. Featuring Conan. This is the first publication. The text in this publication is an edited version of the original text. Either edited by de L. Sprague de Camp or perhaps Robert A. W. Lowndes (the editor of the magazine).
Contents
- 5 • The Editor’s Page (Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967) • [Editorial (Magazine of Horror)] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by RAWL]
- 6 • The Room of Shadows • (1936) • novelette by Arthur J. Burks
- 27 • The Flaw • short story by J. Vernon Shea
- 36 • Introduction: The Doom of London • essay by Sam Moskowitz
- 38 • The Doom of London • (1892) • short story by Robert Barr
- 48 • The Vale of Lost Women • [Conan] • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 64 • The Ghoul Gallery • (1932) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
- 82 • Lilies • novelette by Robert A. W. Lowndes (variant of Lure of the Lily 1942)
- 120 • The Dog That Laughed (excerpt) • short fiction by Charles Willard Diffin
- 121 • It Is Written … (Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967) • [It Is Written] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by uncredited]
- 121 • Letter (Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967) • essay by Jason Van Hollander
- 122 • Letter (Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967) • essay by August Derleth
- 123 • Letter (Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967) • essay by Douglas Menville
Notes
Edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes
“Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 1967 (whole number 15)”
“Cover by Virgil Finlay” in ToC; also signed.
Each story is preceded by a short introduction, presumably by Robert A. W. Lowndes, except forThe Doom of London whose introduction is credited to Sam Moskowitz.
The end of last issue’s “The Reckoning” was omitted and leads off this issue’s “It Is Written …”
Pp. 129-130 consist of a “Reader’s Preference Page”, allowing readers to order this issue’s stories from best to worst.
Publisher : | Health Knowledge, Inc. |
Year : | Spring 1967 |
Replica by: | Fiction House Press September 2019 |
Format : | Periodical (Digest, saddle-stapled) |
Pages : | 132 |
Cover : | Virgil Finlay |
Illustrations : | None |