Weird Tales 1936 December
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Publication date: December 1936
Introduction
The Fire Of Asshurbanipal was sold posthumously to Weird Tales by Howard’s father, then the only surviving member of Howard’s immediate family. The story features a pair of adventurers. One is an American, named Steve Clarney, and the other is an Afghan named Yar Ali.
Notes
Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 5
Pages run 513-640 excluding covers.
Cover illustrates "The Fire of Asshurbanipal".
Interior art credits for "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" and "The Eyrie" per Jaffery & Cook The Collector's Index to Weird Tales.d
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Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition format
- Pulp
- Publication date
- December 1936
- Pages
- 132
- Publisher / imprint
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Cover art
- J. Allen St. John
- Illustrations
- Se above
1 linked Howard work
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal (1) story Howard writing Publications
59 contents entries
- "The Fire of Asshurbanipal"
- fep • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, December 1936) • essay by uncredited essay
- Non-REH Content
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • novelette by Robert E. Howard 514 · novelette
- "Out of the Sun" by Granville S. Hoss
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John 515 · artwork
- "Vespers" by Edgar Daniel Kramer (poem)
- Out of the Sun • short story by Granville S. Hoss 530 · story
- "The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft
- Out of the Sun • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 531 · artwork
- "Portrait of a Murderer" by John Russell Fearn
- Vespers • poem by Edgar Daniel Kramer 537 · poem
- "The Cyclops of Xoatl" by Otis Adelbert Kline & E. Hoffmann Price
- The Haunter of the Dark • [Cthulhu Mythos] • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft 538 · novelette
- "The Woman at Loon Point" by August W. Derleth & • Mark Schorer
- The Haunter of the Dark • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 539 · artwork
- "The Album" by Amelia Reynolds Long
- Portrait of a Murderer • short story by John Russell Fearn 554 · story
- "The Theater Upstairs" by Manly Wade Wellman
- Portrait of a Murderer • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 555 · artwork
- "It Walks by Night" by Henry Kuttner
- Mother of Serpents • short story by Robert Bloch 563 · story
- "A Passion in the Desert" by Honoré de Balzac
- The Cyclops of Xoatl • [Bart Leslie] • novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price 570 · novelette
- The Eyrie (letter column)
- The Cyclops of Xoatl • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 571 · artwork
- The Woman at Loon Point • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer] 597 · story
- The Woman at Loon Point • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 597 · artwork
- The Album • short story by Amelia Reynolds Long 607 · story
- The Theater Upstairs • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 612 · story
- It Walks by Night • novelette by Henry Kuttner 616 · novelette
- Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 621 · artwork
- A Passion in the Desert • (1898) • short story by Honoré de Balzac (trans. of Une passion dans le désert 1830) 621 · story
- The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 632 · artwork
- The Eyrie (Weird Tales, December 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 632 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Whooey! What a Cover! • essay by Jack Johnson 632 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Good Issue • essay by H. P. 632 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Brundage and St. John • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes] 632 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): From the Orient • essay by Charles F. Choate 634 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Real Surprize Ending • essay by Jim Mooney [as by James N. Mooney] 634 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Weirder Cover • essay by John V. Baltadonis 634 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): St. John's Cover • essay by Donald Allgeier 634 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cheap Horror-Thriller • essay by Donn Brazier 635 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Knock! Knock! • essay by uncredited 635 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The Facts of Astronomy • essay by Arthur R. Mink 636 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Admirer of Howard • essay by T. Gelbert 636 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Oogy-Woogy Tales • essay by Gertrude Hemken 637 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Ten Best Stories • essay by N. W. Siringer 637 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cover Comments • essay by A. L. Jordan 638 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Truly Creepy Story • essay by Sylvia Eyler 638 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Author Comments • essay by Clark Ashton Smith 638 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Tiptop Issue • essay by B. M. Reynolds 638 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The House of Duryea • essay by Julius Hopkins 639 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Miss Elvina Smith 640 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by John Elsey 640 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by F. F. Kershall 640 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Alvin V. Pershing 640 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Robert A. Madle 640 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by George N. Heflick 640 · essay
Contributors
- J. Allen St. John
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Andrew Brosnatch
- Illustrator
- Hugh Rankin
- Illustrator
- Virgil Finlay
- Illustrator
- Harold S. De Lay
- Illustrator
- Jack Johnson
- Essayist
- H. P.
- Essayist
- Robert A. W. Lowndes
- Essayist
- Charles F. Choate
- Essayist
- Jim Mooney
- Essayist
- John V. Baltadonis
- Essayist
- Donald Allgeier
- Essayist
- Donn Brazier
- Essayist
- Arthur R. Mink
- Essayist
- T. Gelbert
- Essayist
- Gertrude Hemken
- Essayist
- N. W. Siringer
- Essayist
- A. L. Jordan
- Essayist
- Sylvia Eyler
- Essayist
- Clark Ashton Smith
- Essayist
- B. M. Reynolds
- Essayist
- Julius Hopkins
- Essayist
- Miss Elvina Smith
- Essayist
- John Elsey
- Essayist
- F. F. Kershall
- Essayist
- Alvin V. Pershing
- Essayist
- Robert A. Madle
- Essayist
- George N. Heflick
- Essayist
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 5
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- December 1936
- Source file
- weirdtalesV28N5-December1936.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales 1936 December
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- December 1936