“The Slithering Shadow” is one of the original short stories starring Conan the Cimmerian. First published in the September 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine. “The Slithering Shadow” is the original title, but the story is also known as “Xuthal of the Dusk” in further publications. It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, and concerns Conan discovering a lost city in a remote desert while encountering a Lovecraftian demon known as Thog.

Contents

• 275 • The Slithering Shadow • [Conan] • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 275 •  The Slithering Shadow • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 297 • Nostalgia • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 298 • The Horror on the Asteroid • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 298 •  The Horror on the Asteroid • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 314 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin (variant of Sonnets of the Midnight Hours 1928)
• 315 • Malay Horror • [Jules de Grandin] • novelette by Seabury Quinn
• 315 •  Malay Horror • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 334 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, January 1925 [2] 1925)
• 335 •  The Return of Andrew Bentley • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 335 • The Return of Andrew Bentley • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer]
• 346 • Golden Blood (Part 6 of 6) • serial by Jack Williamson
• 347 •  Golden Blood (Part 6 of 6) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 364 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of The Phantom Rider 1924)
• 365 • The Watcher in the Green Room • short story by Hugh B. Cave
• 365 •  The Watcher in the Green Room • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 375 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 [2] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of The Green Scarab 1925)
• 376 • The Dead Man’s Story • short story by Julius Long
• 381 • Ballade of Creatures Abroad by Night • poem by Wilfred Blanch Talman
• 382 •  Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 382 • Death-Waters • (1924) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
• 389 • Deserted House • poem by Marion Doyle
• 390 •  The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 390 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales, September 1933) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor
• 390 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Duane W. Rinnel
• 390 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by E. L. Mengshoel
• 390 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by B. M. Reynolds
• 390 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by John W. Bennett
• 390 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by H. M. Jacobson
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by ‘A Cover Connoisseur’
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by J. D. Arden
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Paul Ernst
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Jack Darrow
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by F. W. Lawrence
• 391 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Henry Kuttner
• 392 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Orlaf Polege
• 392 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by E. Brown
• 392 •  Letter (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 393 • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, September 1933) • essay by uncredited
• 394 • A Vintage from Atlantis • [Poseidonis] • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 400 • Rain • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]

Notes

Weird Tales Volume 22 Number 3
Perfect bound, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
Page numbers run from 273 through 400.
Data from a facsimile of this issue.

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