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Weird Tales 1936 December

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

Publication type
Contains

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

59 contents entries

  1. "The Fire of Asshurbanipal"
  2. fep • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, December 1936) • essay by uncredited essay
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • novelette by Robert E. Howard 514 · novelette
  5. "Out of the Sun" by Granville S. Hoss
  6. The Fire of Asshurbanipal • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John 515 · artwork
  7. "Vespers" by Edgar Daniel Kramer (poem)
  8. Out of the Sun • short story by Granville S. Hoss 530 · story
  9. "The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft
  10. Out of the Sun • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 531 · artwork
  11. "Portrait of a Murderer" by John Russell Fearn
  12. Vespers • poem by Edgar Daniel Kramer 537 · poem
  13. "The Cyclops of Xoatl" by Otis Adelbert Kline & E. Hoffmann Price
  14. The Haunter of the Dark • [Cthulhu Mythos] • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft 538 · novelette
  15. "The Woman at Loon Point" by August W. Derleth & • Mark Schorer
  16. The Haunter of the Dark • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 539 · artwork
  17. "The Album" by Amelia Reynolds Long
  18. Portrait of a Murderer • short story by John Russell Fearn 554 · story
  19. "The Theater Upstairs" by Manly Wade Wellman
  20. Portrait of a Murderer • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 555 · artwork
  21. "It Walks by Night" by Henry Kuttner
  22. Mother of Serpents • short story by Robert Bloch 563 · story
  23. "A Passion in the Desert" by Honoré de Balzac
  24. The Cyclops of Xoatl • [Bart Leslie] • novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price 570 · novelette
  25. The Eyrie (letter column)
  26. The Cyclops of Xoatl • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 571 · artwork
  27. The Woman at Loon Point • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer] 597 · story
  28. The Woman at Loon Point • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 597 · artwork
  29. The Album • short story by Amelia Reynolds Long 607 · story
  30. The Theater Upstairs • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 612 · story
  31. It Walks by Night • novelette by Henry Kuttner 616 · novelette
  32. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 621 · artwork
  33. A Passion in the Desert • (1898) • short story by Honoré de Balzac (trans. of Une passion dans le désert 1830) 621 · story
  34. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 632 · artwork
  35. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, December 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 632 · essay
  36. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Whooey! What a Cover! • essay by Jack Johnson 632 · essay
  37. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Good Issue • essay by H. P. 632 · essay
  38. 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
  39. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): From the Orient • essay by Charles F. Choate 634 · essay
  40. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Real Surprize Ending • essay by Jim Mooney [as by James N. Mooney] 634 · essay
  41. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Weirder Cover • essay by John V. Baltadonis 634 · essay
  42. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): St. John's Cover • essay by Donald Allgeier 634 · essay
  43. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cheap Horror-Thriller • essay by Donn Brazier 635 · essay
  44. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Knock! Knock! • essay by uncredited 635 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The Facts of Astronomy • essay by Arthur R. Mink 636 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Admirer of Howard • essay by T. Gelbert 636 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Oogy-Woogy Tales • essay by Gertrude Hemken 637 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Ten Best Stories • essay by N. W. Siringer 637 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Cover Comments • essay by A. L. Jordan 638 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Truly Creepy Story • essay by Sylvia Eyler 638 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): An Author Comments • essay by Clark Ashton Smith 638 · essay
  52. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): A Tiptop Issue • essay by B. M. Reynolds 638 · essay
  53. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): The House of Duryea • essay by Julius Hopkins 639 · essay
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Miss Elvina Smith 640 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by John Elsey 640 · essay
  56. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by F. F. Kershall 640 · essay
  57. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Alvin V. Pershing 640 · essay
  58. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Robert A. Madle 640 · essay
  59. 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
Jim Mooney
Essayist
Donn Brazier
Essayist
T. Gelbert
Essayist
A. L. Jordan
Essayist
Sylvia Eyler
Essayist
John Elsey
Essayist

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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
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