Cover image unavailableWeird Tales #3
Publication date: Fall 1981
Introduction
Volume three in a collection of various stories that is called Weird Tales #3. Edited by Lin Carter. It's a revival of the classic fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales. It is also numbered vol. 48, no. 3 (Fall 1981) in continuation of the numbering of the original magazine. The anthology was first published in paperback by American publisher Zebra Books in 1981.
It contains the story THE GUARDIAN OF THE IDOL. Originally an unfinished 700 word manuscript, with a synopses, this version is completed by Gerald W. Page.
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.
Notes
Edited by Lin Carter
Associate editors: Roy Torgeson and Robert Weinberg
Volume 48 Number 3, Fall 1981
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- Fall 1981
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher / imprint
- Zebra
- Cover art
- Tom Barber
- Illustrations
- None
1 linked Howard work
34 contents entries
- "The Guardian of the Idol" (Completed by Gerald W. Page )
- [1] • The Eyrie (Weird Tales #3) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor essay
- Non-REH Content
- [1] • The Eyrie (variant) • (1943) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch artwork
- "The Chinese Woman" by Evangeline Walton
- [5] • Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok artwork
- "The Messenger" by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Chinese Woman • novella by Evangeline Walton 7 · novelette
- "To the Nightshade" by Clark Ashton Smith (Poem)
- The Messenger • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem 78 · story
- "The Opposite House" by John and Diane Brizzolara
- To the Nightshade • (1970) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith 83 · poem
- "The Black Guardian" by Carl Jacobi
- The Opposite House • novelette by Diane Brizzolara and John Brizzolara 84 · novelette
- "The House of the Temple" by Brian Lumley
- The Guardian of the Idol • short story by Robert E. Howard and Gerald W. Page 124 · story
- "The Red Brain" by Donald Wandrei
- The Black Garden • novelette by Carl Jacobi 139 · novelette
- "The Summons/The Viola" by Robert A. W. Lowndes (poem)
- The House of the Temple • (1980) • novelette by Brian Lumley 164 · novelette
- "Nobody Ever Goes There" by Manly Wade Wellman
- The Red Brain • (1927) • short story by Donald Wandrei 217 · story
- "The Summons of Nuguth-Yug" by Gary Myers and Marc Laidlaw
- The Summons • [Annals of Arkya • 5] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 230 · poem
- "The Wind that Tramps the World" by Frank Owen
- The Viola • [Annals of Arkya • 6] • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes 231 · poem
- "The Winfield Heritance by Lin Carter
- Nobody Ever Goes There • [John the Balladeer] • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 232 · story
- The Summons of Nuguth-Yug • short story by Marc Laidlaw and Gary Myers 249 · story
- The Wind That Tramps the World • [John Steppling] • (1925) • short story by Frank Owen 257 · story
- The Winfield Heritance • novelette by Lin Carter 275 · novelette
- Letter (Weird Tales #3) • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes 316 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales #3) • essay by David Mallory 317 · essay
- [319] • Coming Next Issue (Weird Tales #3) • essay by uncredited essay
Contributors
- Tom Barber
- Cover artist
Characters / Featuring
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales #3
- Publisher
- Zebra
- Date
- Fall 1981
- Source file
- weirdtales3.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales #3
- Publisher
- Zebra
- Date
- Fall 1981