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Weird Tales 1973 Fall

Weird Tales, Los Angeles

1973

Material type

Pulp magazine

Publication categories

Pulps: Weird Tales

Publication date: Fall 1973

Introduction

Weird Tales 1973 Fall. Contains THE MAN ON THE GROUND. is a short story by Robert Ervin Howard where two men are fighting a final duel. First published in Weird Tales 1933 July. It is a brief short story (under 2200 words) set in Texas about two men (Cal Reynolds & Esau Brill) who have been feuding for so long that no one really knows how their feud began.

Notes

Volume 47, Number 2.
The homage cover is described as being (after Hannes Bok).
"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is described as 'The Unpublished 1936 Condensed Final Version'.
"The Utmost Abomination" is expanded from a 400-word outline by Clark Ashton Smith.
The Virgil Finlay folio contains 8 badly reproduced and substantially reduced pieces of artwork with dates between 1936 and 1939.

"The Man in the Bottle" is accidentally listed as "The Man on the Bottle" on the title and header pages of the story but is listed as "The Man in the Bottle" in the title of contents and the introduction to the story.
The interior art for "The Eyrie" matches art from earlier issues credited to Brosnatch in The Collector's Index to Weird Tales by Jaffery & Cook
The art on the contents page (1) matches art from earlier issues signed by Bok.

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Edition and production details

Format: Periodical (6.25 x 9.38, perfect bound)
Publication date: Fall 1973
Pages: 96
Publisher / imprint: Weird Tales, Los Angeles
Cover art: Gary van der Steur (after Hannes Bok)
Illustrations: Virgil Finlay

1 linked Howard work

The Man on the Ground story Publications

55 contents entries

"The Man on the Ground"
fep • Reaching Our Audience • essay by Sam Moskowitz essay
Non-REH Content
Weird Tales (masthead) • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok 1 · artwork
"Reaching Our Audience" by Sam Moskowitz (editorial)
'2 • Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani • short story by William Hope Hodgson (variant of The Baumoff Explosive 1919) story
"Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani" by William Hope Hodgeson
Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani • interior artwork by uncredited 3 · artwork
"Atlantis" by Stanton A. Coblentz (poem)
Atlantis • (1947) • poem by Stanton A. Coblentz 12 · poem
"The Clash of Dishes" by Ian Maclaren
The Clash of Dishes • (1903) • short story by Ian Maclaren 13 · story
"Eternal Rediffusion" by Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson
Eternal Rediffusion • short story by Leslie J. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell 19 · story
"Sword in the Snow" by E. C. Tubb
Sword in the Snow • novelette by E. C. Tubb 23 · novelette
"Funeral in Another Town" by Jerry Jacobson
Funeral in Another Town • short story by Jerry Jacobson 31 · story
"The Man in the Bottle" by Gustav Meyrink
Funeral in Another Town • interior artwork by uncredited 37 · artwork
"The Smiling People" by Ray Bradbury
The Man in the Bottle • short story by Gustav Meyrink (trans. of Der Mann auf der Flasche 1904) 42 · story
"Supernatural Horror in Literature" by H. P. Lovecraft (new version)
The Smiling People • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury 46 · story
"Song for the Wood Horns" by A. Merritt (poem)
The Smiling People • interior artwork by uncredited 47 · artwork
" William Hope Hodgeson - The Novelist" by Sam Moskowitz (article)
Supernatural Horror in Literature • [Supernatural Horror in Literature] • (1927) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 52 · essay
"Virgil Finlay" (art portfolio)
Introduction: Supernatural Horror in Literature • essay by Willis Conover 52 · introduction
"The Utmost Abomination" by Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter
The Man on the Ground • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 57 · story
"The Buried Paradise" by Felix Marti-Ibanez, M. D.
Song for Wood Horns • (1910) • poem by A. Merritt 61 · poem
"The Fate of the Senegambian Queen " by Wardon Allan Curtis
Song for Wood Horns • interior artwork by uncredited 61 · artwork
"Great Ashtoreth" by Frank Belknap Long (poem)
William Hope Hodgson - Novelist • [William Hope Hodgson • 2] • essay by Sam Moskowitz 62 · essay
The Eyrie (letter column)
Virgil Finlay (A folio) • essay by Virgil Finlay 74 · essay
Virgil Finlay (A folio) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 74 · artwork
The Utmost Abomination • short story by Lin Carter and Clark Ashton Smith 76 · story
The Utmost Abomination • interior artwork by uncredited 77 · artwork
Felix Marti-Ibanez, M.D. (obituary) • essay by Sam Moskowitz 83 · essay
The Buried Paradise • (1963) • short story by Felix Marti-Ibanez 84 · story
The Buried Paradise • interior artwork by uncredited 85 · artwork
The Fate of the "Senegambian Queen" • (1900) • short story by Wardon Allan Curtis 91 · story
Great Ashtoreth • (1930) • poem by Frank Belknap Long 93 · poem
The Eyrie (Weird Tales, Fall 1973) • [The Eyrie] • essay by uncredited 94 · essay
The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 94 · artwork
Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): A Good Friend • essay by Carl Jacobi 94 · essay
Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Suggestions Made • essay by Crispin Burnham 95 · essay
Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Certainty Expressed • essay by G. M. Farley [as by Reverend G. M. Farley] 95 · essay
Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Contributor Promises • essay by Howell Calhoun [as by Howell Vincent Calhoun] 95 · essay
Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Suggestions for the Future • essay by Edward S. Lauterbach 96 · essay

Contributors

Gary van der Steur (after Hannes Bok): Cover artist
Virgil Finlay: Illustrator

Characters / Featuring

Cal Reynolds Esau Brill

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Carl Jacobi Clark Ashton Smith H. P. Lovecraft Hannes Bok Lin Carter Pulp Robert E. Howard Sam Moskowitz Weird Tales