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Weird Tales #2

Zebra

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

Publication date: December 1980

Introduction

This second volume in a collection of various stories is called Weird Tales #2 and was edited by Lin Carter. It's a revival of the classic fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales. It is also numbered vol. 48, no. 2 (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 along with the first volume in this series.

It contains the poem THE SONG OF THE GALLOWS TREE 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 2, Spring 1981
Ramsey Campbell is credited correctly in the table of contents.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Paperback
Publication date
December 1980
Identifiers
0890837155
Pages
265
Publisher / imprint
Zebra
Cover art
Tom Barber
Illustrations
None

1 linked Howard work

34 contents entries

  1. "The Song of the Gallows Tree" (poem)
  2. [1] • The Eyrie (Weird Tales #2) • [The Eyrie] • essay by Lin Carter essay
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. [1] • The Eyrie (variant) • (1943) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch artwork
  5. "The Night Ocean" by H. P, Lovecraft and Robert H. Barlow
  6. Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok 5 · artwork
  7. "Boy Blue" by Steve Rasnic Tem
  8. The Night Ocean • novelette by R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Robert H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft] 9 · novelette
  9. "Fear" by Joseph Payne Brennan
  10. Boy Blue • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem 43 · story
  11. "Valse Triste" by Ray Farady Nelson
  12. Fear • [Lucius Leffing] • novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan 59 · novelette
  13. "The Feast in the Abbey" by Robert Bloch
  14. Valse Triste • short story by Ray Nelson [as by Ray Faraday Nelson] 86 · story
  15. "The Lamashtu Amulet" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
  16. The Song of the Gallows Tree • poem by Robert E. Howard 103 · poem
  17. "Something in the Moonlight" by Lin Carter
  18. The Feast in the Abbey • (1935) • short story by Robert Bloch 104 · story
  19. "Trick or Treat" by Ramsey Campbell
  20. The Lamashtu Amulet • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Counselman 114 · novelette
  21. "Liberation/The Guardian" by Robert A. W. Lowndes (poem)
  22. Something in the Moonlight • short story by Lin Carter 139 · story
  23. "The Descent into the Abyss" by Clark Ashton Smith
  24. Trick or Treat • novelette by Ramsey Campbell (variant of The Trick) [as by Ramsay Campbell] 160 · novelette
  25. "The Sapphire Siren" by Nictzin Dyalhis
  26. The Guardian • [Annals of Arkya • 4] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 183 · poem
  27. "The Sombrus Tower" by Tanith Lee
  28. Liberation • [Annals of Arkya • 3] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 183 · poem
  29. The Descent Into the Abyss • novelette by Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith 184 · novelette
  30. The Sapphire Siren • (1934) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis (variant of The Sapphire Goddess) 198 · novelette
  31. The Sombrus Tower • short story by Tanith Lee 243 · story
  32. Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 262 · essay
  33. Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by H. Warner Munn 263 · essay
  34. Letter (Weird Tales #2) • essay by Frank Belknap Long 264 · 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 BrosnatchClark Ashton SmithE. Hoffmann PriceFrank Belknap LongH. P. LovecraftHannes BokJoseph Payne BrennanLin CarterMary Elizabeth CounselmanRamsey CampbellRay NelsonRobert A. W. LowndesRobert BlochRobert E. HowardRobert H. BarlowSteve Rasnic Tem

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Weird Tales #2
Publisher
Zebra
Date
December 1980
Source file
weirdtales2.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales #2
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.