The Fire Of Asshurbanipal was sold posthumously to Weird Tales by Howard’s father, then the only surviving member of Howard’s immediate family. The story features a pair of adventurers. One is an American, named Steve Clarney, and the other is an Afghan named Yar Ali.

Contents

• fep • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, December 1936) • essay by uncredited
• 514 • The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 515 •  The Fire of Asshurbanipal • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 530 • Out of the Sun • short story by Granville S. Hoss
• 531 •  Out of the Sun • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 537 • Vespers • poem by Edgar Daniel Kramer
• 538 • The Haunter of the Dark • [Cthulhu Mythos] • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 539 •  The Haunter of the Dark • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 554 • Portrait of a Murderer • short story by John Russell Fearn
• 555 •  Portrait of a Murderer • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 563 • Mother of Serpents • short story by Robert Bloch
• 570 • The Cyclops of Xoatl • [Bart Leslie] • novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price
• 571 •  The Cyclops of Xoatl • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 597 • The Woman at Loon Point • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer]
• 597 •  The Woman at Loon Point • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 607 • The Album • short story by Amelia Reynolds Long
• 612 • The Theater Upstairs • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 616 • It Walks by Night • novelette by Henry Kuttner
• 621 •  Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 621 • A Passion in the Desert • (1898) • short story by Honoré de Balzac (trans. of Une passion dans le désert 1830)
• 632 •  The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 632 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales, December 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor
• 632 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Whooey! What a Cover! • essay by Jack Johnson
• 632 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Good Issue • essay by H. P.
• 632 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Brundage and St. John • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes]
• 634 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): From the Orient • essay by Charles F. Choate
• 634 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Real Surprize Ending • essay by Jim Mooney [as by James N. Mooney]
• 634 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Weirder Cover • essay by John V. Baltadonis
• 634 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): St. John’s Cover • essay by Donald Allgeier
• 635 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cheap Horror-Thriller • essay by Donn Brazier
• 635 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Knock! Knock! • essay by uncredited
• 636 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The Facts of Astronomy • essay by Arthur R. Mink
• 636 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Admirer of Howard • essay by T. Gelbert
• 637 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Oogy-Woogy Tales • essay by Gertrude Hemken
• 637 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Ten Best Stories • essay by N. W. Siringer
• 638 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cover Comments • essay by A. L. Jordan
• 638 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Truly Creepy Story • essay by Sylvia Eyler
• 638 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Author Comments • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 638 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Tiptop Issue • essay by B. M. Reynolds
• 639 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The House of Duryea • essay by Julius Hopkins
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Miss Elvina Smith
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by John Elsey
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by F. F. Kershall
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Alvin V. Pershing
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Robert A. Madle
• 640 •  Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by George N. Heflick

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