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Weird Tales 1928 May

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

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Publication date: May 1928

Introduction

Contains the story Sea Curse, a tale which starts with a village tragedy. A local girl who lives with her elderly aunt has been seduced and deflowered by a swaggering, drunk sailor.

In despair she drowns herself in the ocean. The sailor mocks her aunt over the girl's washed-up body on the beach. The old aunt retaliates by putting an awful, terrible curse upon the sailor and his mate...and from that moment, the wheels of awful destiny are put into motion.

Notes

Weird Tales Volume 11 Number 5
Canada price C$0.30.
Page numbers run from 577 to 720 excluding covers.

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Edition and production details

Format
Pulp
Publication date
May 1928
Pages
144
Publisher / imprint
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Cover art
Curtis C. Senf
Illustrations
See above

1 linked Howard work

62 contents entries

  1. "Sea Curse"
  2. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 580 · artwork
  3. Letter to Weird Tales, ca. April 1928, "Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story . . ."
  4. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, May 1928) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 580 · essay
  5. Non-REH Content
  6. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Royal W. Jimerson [as by R. W. Jimerson] 580 · essay
  7. The Eyrie (letter column)
  8. The Bat-Men of Thorium (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Bertram Russell 582
  9. "The Bat-Men of Thorium" (Part 1 of 3) by Bertram Russell by novela
  10. The Bat-Men of Thorium (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 582 · artwork
  11. "The Skeleton Under the Lamp" by Bassett Morgan
  12. The Bat-Men of Thorium (Part 1 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 591 · artwork
  13. "The Hand of the Invisible" by E. Irvine Haines
  14. The Skeleton Under the Lamp • short story by Bassett Morgan 599 · story
  15. "Riders in the Sky" by Marc R. Schorer & August W. Derleth
  16. The Skeleton Under the Lamp • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 599 · artwork
  17. "A Wager in Candlesticks" by Robert T. Griebling
  18. The Hand of the Invisible • short story by E. Irvine Haines 611 · story
  19. "Three Coffins" by Arthur J. Burks
  20. The Hand of the Invisible • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 611 · artwork
  21. "Folks Used to Believe: The Basilisk" by Alvin F. Harlow (article)
  22. Sea Curse • [Faring Town] • short story by Robert E. Howard 617 · story
  23. "The Doomed Treveans" by G. G. Pendarves
  24. Riders in the Sky • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Marc R. Schorer] 621 · story
  25. "Through the Veil" by Anne M. Bilbro
  26. A Wager in Candlesticks • short story by Robert T. Griebling 625 · story
  27. Sonnets of the Midnight Hours by Donald Wandrei "The Hungry Flowers" (poem) "Dream-Horror" (poem)
  28. A Wager in Candlesticks • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 625 · artwork
  29. "The Strange People" (Part 3 of 3) by Murray Leinster
  30. Weird Tales, May 1928 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, November 1924 1924) 636 · artwork
  31. "The Black Madonna" by A. W. Wyville
  32. Three Coffins • novelette by Arthur J. Burks 637 · novelette
  33. "Malchior Makes Magic" by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  34. Three Coffins • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 637 · artwork
  35. "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  36. The Basilisk • [Folks Used to Believe] • essay by Alvin F. Harlow 656 · essay
  37. "Clair de Lune" by Minnie Faegre Knox (poem)
  38. Folks Used to Believe • (1927) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 656 · artwork
  39. The Doomed Treveans • short story by G. G. Pendarves 657 · story
  40. The Doomed Treveans • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 657 · artwork
  41. Through the Veil • short story by Anne M. Bilbro 667 · story
  42. Through the Veil • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 667 · artwork
  43. Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 674 · artwork
  44. The Hungry Flowers • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 1] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei 674 · poem
  45. Dream-Horror • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 2] • poem by Donald Wandrei 674 · poem
  46. The Strange People (Part 3 of 3) • serial by Murray Leinster 675
  47. The Strange People (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 675 · artwork
  48. The Black Madonna • non-genre • short story by A. W. Wyville 685 · story
  49. Malchior Makes Magic • short story by Charles Henry Mackintosh 688 · story
  50. Weird Tales, May 1928 [2] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, December 1924 [3] 1924) 690 · artwork
  51. Rappaccini's Daughter • [Rappaccini • 1] • (1844) • novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne 691 · novelette
  52. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 691 · artwork
  53. Clair de Lune • poem by Minnie Faegre Knox 709 · poem
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Ralph Carson 711 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Mrs. Paul Clay 711 · essay
  56. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Cod Young 711 · essay
  57. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Mrs. Leslie Scott 711 · essay
  58. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard [as by R. E. Howard] 711 · essay
  59. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by E. M. Gunnell 712 · essay
  60. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Edwin Beard 712 · essay
  61. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by George C. Engels 712 · essay
  62. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) • essay by Elmer Klopp 712 · essay

Contributors

Curtis C. Senf
Cover artist
See above
Illustrator

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Weird Tales Volume 11 Number 5
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
May 1928
Source file
weirdtalesV11N5-May1928.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales 1928 May
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
May 1928
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.