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Weird Tales #1

Zebra

1980
Material type
AnthologyPaperbackPulp magazine
Publication categories
Weird TalesPulps: Weird Tales

Publication date: December 1980

Introduction

This collection of various stories is called Weird Tales #1 and was edited by Lin Carter, the first in his paperback revival of the classic fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales. It is also numbered vol. 48, no. 1 (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, and reprinted in 1983.

It contains SCARLET TEARS (an extensively rewritten story by Lin Carter, based on Howard's HAND OF THE BLACK GODDESS), and the poem RED THUNDER 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).

Notes

Edited by Lin Carter
Associate editors: Roy Torgeson and Robert Weinberg
Volume 48 Number 1, Spring 1981
Second printing in 1983

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Paperback
Publication date
December 1980
Identifiers
0890837147 (1st printing) 0821712403 (2nd printing)
Pages
268
Publisher / imprint
Zebra
Cover art
Tom Barber
Illustrations
None

3 linked Howard works

36 contents entries

  1. "Scarlet Tears" (extensively rewritten by Lin Carter)
  2. [1] • The Eyrie (Weird Tales #1) • [The Eyrie] • essay by Lin Carter essay
  3. "Red Thunder" (poem)
  4. [1] • The Eyrie (variant) • (1943) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch artwork
  5. Non-REH Content
  6. [6] • Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok artwork
  7. "Down There" by Ramsey Campbell
  8. Scarlet Tears • novelette by Robert E. Howard 9 · novelette
  9. "The Light from the Pole" by Clark Ashton Smith
  10. Down There • (1978) • short story by Ramsey Campbell 47 · story
  11. "Someone Named Guibourg" by Hannes Bok
  12. The Light from the Pole • short story by Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith 65 · story
  13. "The Courier/The Worshippers" by Robert Lowndes (poem)
  14. Someone Named Guibourg • novelette by Hannes Bok 86 · novelette
  15. "Bat's Belfrey" by August Derlith
  16. The Worshippers • [Annals of Arkya • 2] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 116 · poem
  17. "The Pit" by Carl Jacobi
  18. The Courier • [Annals of Arkya • 1] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 116 · poem
  19. "When the Clock Strikes" by Tanith Lee
  20. Bat's Belfry • (1926) • short story by August Derleth 117 · story
  21. "Some Day I'll Kill You" by Seabury Quinn
  22. The Pit • short story by Carl Jacobi 130 · story
  23. "Healer" by Mary Elizabeth Councilman
  24. When the Clock Strikes • short story by Tanith Lee 149 · story
  25. "The House Without Mirrors" by David H. Keller, M.D.
  26. Red Thunder • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 174 · poem
  27. "Dreams in the House of Weir" by Lin Carter
  28. Some Day I'll Kill You! • (1941) • short story by Seabury Quinn 175 · story
  29. Healer • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Counselman 194 · novelette
  30. The House Without Mirrors • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. 219 · story
  31. Dreams in the House of Weir • short story by Lin Carter 230 · story
  32. Letter (Weird Tales #1) • essay by Ray Bradbury 262 · essay
  33. Letter (Weird Tales #1) • [Letters: Robert Bloch] • essay by Robert Bloch 263 · essay
  34. Letter (Weird Tales #1) • essay by Theodore Sturgeon 264 · essay
  35. Letter (Weird Tales #1) • [Letters: Sam Moskowitz] • essay by Sam Moskowitz 265 · essay
  36. Coming Next Issue (Weird Tales #1) • essay by uncredited 267 · essay

Contributors

Tom Barber
Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

Brent KirbyButch GormanGloria Corwell

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Andrew BrosnatchAugust DerlethCarl JacobiDavid H. KellerHannes BokLin CarterMary Elizabeth CounselmanRamsey CampbellRay BradburyRobert A. W. LowndesRobert BlochRobert E. HowardSam MoskowitzSeabury QuinnTanith LeeTheodore Sturgeon

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Weird Tales #1
Publisher
Zebra
Date
December 1980 1983 (2nd printing)
Source file
weirdtales1.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales #1
Publisher
Zebra
Date
December 1980
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.