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Weird Tales 1936 June

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

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Publication date: June 1936

Introduction

"Black Canaan" is a short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in the June 1936 issue of Weird Tales. It is a regional horror story in the Southern Gothic mode, one of several such tales by Howard set in the piney woods of the ArkLaTex region of the Southern United States. The related stories include "The Shadow of the Beast", "Black Hound of Death", "Moon of Zambebwei" and "Pigeons from Hell".

Notes

Weird Tales Volume 27 Number 6.Pages run 641-768 excluding covers.Artists credited on page 768.

If you like to read a copy of this, click the button. Cover retouched and pages cleaned by me.

Edition and production details

Format
Pulp
Publication date
June 1936
Pages
132
Publisher / imprint
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Cover art
Margaret Brundage
Illustrations
Se above

1 linked Howard work

61 contents entries

  1. "Black Canaan"
  2. Loot of the Vampire (Part 1 of 2) • [Peters & Ethredge] • serial by Thorp McClusky 642
  3. To Weird Tales, ca. May 1936, "Enthusiasm impels me …"
  4. Loot of the Vampire (Part 1 of 2) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 643 · artwork
  5. Non-REH Content
  6. Black Canaan • novelette by Robert E. Howard 662 · novelette
  7. "Loot of the Vampire" (Part 1 of 2) by Thorp McClusky
  8. Black Canaan • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 663 · artwork
  9. "The House of the Evil Eye" by Hugh Davidson
  10. The House of the Evil Eye • [Dr. John Dale] • novelette by Edmond Hamilton [as by Hugh Davidson] 684 · novelette
  11. "The Telephone in the Library" by August W. Derleth
  12. The House of the Evil Eye • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 685 · artwork
  13. "Ballad of the Wolf" by Henry Kuttner (poem)
  14. Weird Tales, June 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Dwight Boyce 709 · artwork
  15. "The Grinning Ghoul" by Robert Bloch
  16. The Telephone in the Library • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth] 710 · story
  17. "The Ruler of Fate" (Part 3 of 3) by Jack Williamson
  18. The Telephone in the Library • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel 711 · artwork
  19. "Mordecai's Pipe" by A. V. Milyer
  20. Ballad of the Wolf • poem by Henry Kuttner 719 · poem
  21. "Lethe" by Author:Harold G. Shane
  22. The Grinning Ghoul • short story by Robert Bloch 720 · story
  23. "The Harbor of Ghosts" by M. J. Bardine
  24. The Grinning Ghoul • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 721 · artwork
  25. "The Brain in the Jar" by Norman Elwood Hammerstrom & Richard F. Searight
  26. Weird Tales, June 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, March 1925 1925) 727 · artwork
  27. The Eyrie (letter column)
  28. The Ruler of Fate (Part 3 of 3) • serial by Jack Williamson 728
  29. The Ruler of Fate (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 729 · artwork
  30. Mordecai's Pipe • short story by A. V. Milyer 740 · story
  31. Lethe • short story by Harold G. Shane 742 · story
  32. The Harbor of Ghosts • short story by M. J. Bardine 745 · story
  33. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 750 · artwork
  34. The Brain in the Jar • (1924) • short story by Norman Elwood Hammerstrom and Richard F. Searight [as by Norman Elwood Hammerstrom and R. F. Searight] 750 · story
  35. Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, June 1936) • essay by uncredited 757 · essay
  36. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 760 · artwork
  37. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, June 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 760 · essay
  38. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): No More Detective Stories • essay by John Malone 760 · essay
  39. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Well-Balanced Assortment • essay by B. M. Reynolds 760 · essay
  40. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): For Her Small Daughter • essay by Wanda Pascuzzi 761 · essay
  41. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): WT, Collier's, Time • essay by E. A. Taylor (correspondent) 761 · essay
  42. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): An Uneasy Touch of Goose-Flesh • essay by Thurston Topham 761 · essay
  43. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Years of Interesting Reading • essay by J. F. MacDuffee 762 · essay
  44. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): One Rainy Day • essay by Robert J. Hoyer [as by Robert Hoyer] 762 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Every Story a Winner • essay by Charles H. Bert 763 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): The Brundage Covers • essay by Robert Oberon 764 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): The Tree of Life • essay by Henry Kuttner 764 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Jules de Grandin • essay by John V. Baltadonis 764 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): An Astounding Issue • essay by Robert A. Madle 764 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Correspondents Wanted • essay by Nils H. Frome 764 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Eye-Widening Horror • essay by Gertrude Hemken 764 · essay
  52. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): The Blue Woman • essay by E. L. Mengshoel 765 · essay
  53. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Botany of Northwest Smith • essay by W. A. Betikofer 766 · essay
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Her Favorite Magazine • essay by Mrs. E. Russell 767 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Edison Avery Price 767 · essay
  56. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Samuel Gordon 768 · essay
  57. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Earl S. Peirce, Jr. 768 · essay
  58. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Constance Gill 768 · essay
  59. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by John Spratt 768 · essay
  60. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Robert Bloch 768 · essay
  61. Letter (Weird Tales, June 1936): Concise Comments • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard 768 · essay

Contributors

Margaret Brundage
Cover artist
Se above
Illustrator

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Weird Tales Volume 27 Number 6
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
June 1936
Source file
weirdtalesV27N6-June1936.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales 1936 June
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
June 1936
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.