Whispers Volume 2 Number 2/3, June 1975. Contains a letter from Howard to Wilfred Blanch Talman written circa September 1931. The letter starts like this: “Dear Mr. Talman:
Thank you very much for the letter you wrote to Street & Smith.” It’s numbered #175 and can be found in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 as well.

Also there is some color artwork on pp. 66 & 67, courtesy of Donald Grant, published here before appearing in “The Tower of the Elephant” by Robert E. Howard that Grant published later in 1975.

Contents

• fep •  Weird Tales • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 1 •  Whispers (masthead) • (1974) • interior artwork by John Linton
• 2 • Editorial (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 • News (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: The Watchers out of Time and Others by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft • (1974) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: Dreams of R’leyh by Lin Carter • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: Xelucha and Others by M. P. Shiel • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: Tigers of the Sea by Robert E. Howard • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: Almuric by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 3 •   Review: The Miscast Barbarian by L. Sprague de Camp • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 4 •   Review: Far Below and Other Horrors by Robert Weinberg • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 9 • The Glove • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 19 • Sonnet: 1949 • (1969) • poem by James Wade
• 19 • What they Said • (1969) • poem by James Wade
• 20 • One Day in the Life of H. P. Lovecraft • essay by Frank Belknap Long
• 26 •  Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Eric Kimball
• 27 • Hamadryad • short story by Carl Jacobi
• 36 •  Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 37 • Robert E. Howard: An Autobiographical Letter • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to William Blanch Talman, circa September 1931 (“Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you ery much for the letter…”))
• 40 • A Letter to H. Warner Munn • essay by Farnsworth Wright
• 41 •  Weirdisms: Some Ingredients for Potions • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 41 • Weirdisms: Some Ingredients for Potions • [Weirdisms] • essay by Lee Brown Coye
• 42 •  Bonnie Dalzell: A Folio (Whispers #6-7) • interior artwork by Bonnie Dalzell
• 48 • Ladies in Waiting • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 56 •  Ladies in Waiting • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of A Lady in Waiting 1977)
• 57 •  Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Steve Riley
• 58 • Book Reviews: Two on Lovecraft and Others (Whuspers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• 58 •   Review: Lovecraft: A Biography by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 59 •   Review: Lovecraft: at Last by Willis Conover • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 60 •   Review: Flesh and Fantasy by Frank Brunner • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 60 •   Review: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 60 •   Review: Regarding Sherlock Holmes by August Derleth • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 61 •   Review: The Wolf in the Garden by Alfred H. Bill • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 61 •   Review: Far Below and Other Horrors by Robert E. Weinberg • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 61 •   Review: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Donald H. Tuck • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 61 •   Review: Varney the Vampire or, The Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 62 •   Review: Manfrome or The One-Handed Monk by Mary Anne Radcliffe • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 62 •   Review: A Gent from Bear Creek by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 62 •   Review: The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 63 •   Review: Fantasy Collector’s Annual – 1975 by G. de la Ree • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 63 •   Review: Gladiator by Philip Wylie • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 63 •   Review: Kai Lung 6 by Ernest Bramah • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 63 •   Review: Dr, Cyclops by Will Garth • review by Stuart David Schiff
• 63 •   Review: Beneath the Moors by Brian Lumley • review by David Drake
• 64 •  Whispers #6-7 [2] • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 66 •  Tower of the Elephant • interior artwork by Richard Robertson
• 67 •  Tower of the Elephant [2] • interior artwork by Richard Robertson
• 69 • The Ensorcelled • short story by Henry Hasse
• 80 • Story-Writing: A Letter from HPL • (1935) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 84 •  Story-Writing • interior artwork by Alan Hunter
• 85 • The Beasts That Perish • [Lee Cobbett] • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 87 •  The Beasts that Perish • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 90 •  The Beasts That Perish [2] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 95 • African Wood-Carving • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 96 • Anthropology: Folkways of Fandom • essay by E. Hoffmann Price
• 101 •  The Octopus • interior artwork by James Shull [as by Jim Shull]
• 101 • The Octopus • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• 102 •  Weirdisms: Some Brief Notes on Human Dissection • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 102 • Weirdisms: Some Brief Notes on Human Dissection • [Weirdisms] • essay by Lee Brown Coye
• 103 • The Fourth Seal • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• 121 •  The Fourth Seal • interior artwork by Dave Fletcher
• 122 •  Allan Servoss: A Folio • interior artwork by Allan Servoss
• 128 • Two by Brennan: Marianne • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 129 • Two by Brennan: The Survivor • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 131 • Allhallows • poem by H. Warner Munn
• 132 • The End (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff
• bep •  Weird Tales: Featuring ‘Whispers’ by Stuart Schiff • interior artwork by Todd Klein
• bc •  Back Cover (Whispers #6-7) • interior artwork by John Linton

Notes

Publisher: Stuart David Schiff
Editor: Stuart David Schiff
Assistant Editor: David Drake

Special Weird Tales issue.
Perfect bound, wraps.
Page numbers do not include covers.