Category Archives: Weird Tales (WT)

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OPUS#130 He That Hath Wings

OPUS: #130
Title: He That Hath Wings
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1938
Type: novelette
“The story of a modern Icarus, who tasted the freedom of the sky” – WT
“Anthropologists speculated as to whether similar freak winged men had not been born a few times in the remote past giving rise to the world wide legends of harpies, vampires and flying people.” — Fantastic Stories of Imagination-07/63
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 32, no. 1, July 1938, (Jul 1938, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 22-44. Cover: Virgil Finlay; Illust: Unknown
  • Fantastic Stories of Imagination, Vol. 12, no. 7, July 1963, (Jul 1963, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Jacquelyn Blair; Illust : Finlay
  • Worlds of Weird, (Jan 1965, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Pyramid Books, #R-1125, $0.50, 158pp, pb, anth) Cover: Virgil Finlay
  • Weird Legacies, (1977, ed. Mike Ashley, publ. Star (UK), 0-352-39657-1, £0.60, 157pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • Worlds of Weird, (Apr 1977, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Pyramid Books, #V4471, $1.25, 158pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • Worlds of Weird, (Sep 1978, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Jove / HBJ, 0-515-04826-7, $1.50, 158pp, pb, anth)
  • Young Mutants, (1984, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Charles Waugh, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-020156-8, $7.95, 256pp, tp, anth)
  • Young Mutants, (1984, ed. Charles Waugh, Martin Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-020157-6, $10.89, 256pp, hc, anth) Cover: Fred Marcellino
  • Asimov’s Mutants, (Oct 1986, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Dragon (UK), 0-583-30967-4, £1.95, 201pp, pb, anth) Cover: Tony Roberts
  • Mutants, (1988, ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, publ. Harper Starwanderer, 0-694-05629-4, $2.95, 256pp, pb, anth) Cover: Jerry Pinkney
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: http://www.pulpmags.org/PDFs/WT_1938_07/index.html
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OPUS#127 Isle of the Sleeper, The

OPUS: #127
Title: The Isle of the Sleeper
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1938
Type: short story

“If we are but images in the dreams of some supernal being who slumbers will happen when the Sleeper awakes? – A strange and fantastic story”

“If we are but images in the dreams of some supernal being who slumbers, who will happen when the Sleeper awakes?”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 31, no. 5, May 1938, (May 1938, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 43, no. 4, May 1951, (May 1951, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.25, 100pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Lee Brown Coye
  • The Ghoul Keepers, (Oct 1961, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Pyramid Books, #G-665, $0.35, 157pp, pb, anth) Cover: John Schoenherr
  • The Ghoul Keepers, (Jul 1965, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Pyramid Books, #R-1210, $0.50, 157pp, pb, anth) Cover: John Schoenherr
  • What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories, (1974, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #88065, $0.95, 320pp, pb, coll)
  • To Sleep, Perchance to Dream… Nightmare, (Mar 1993, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, publ. Barnes & Noble, 0-88029-903-7, $9.98, 510pp, hc, anth) Cover: Kevin Kelly

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v31n05_1938-05_sas

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OPUS#124 House of Living Music, The

OPUS: #124
Title: The House of Living Music
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1938
Type: short story
“A tragic weird-scientific tale about a composer who could re-create all visible things in sound”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 31, no. 1, January 1938, (Jan 1938, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v31n01_1938-01_sas

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OPUS#117 World of the Dark Dwellers

OPUS: #117
Title: World of the Dark Dwellers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1937
Type: novelette
“A thrilling weird-scientific story of the dreadful creatures that trannized over a distant world.”–TOC
“A thrilling weird-scientific tale of a distant world and the dreadful creatures that tyrannized over its human subjects – a story of the heroic Brotherhood of the Redeemeer”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 30, no. 2, August 1937, (Aug 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v30n02_1937-08_sas

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OPUS#113 Fessenden's Worlds

OPUS: #113
Title: Fessenden’s Worlds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1937
Type: short story
“An amazing weird-scientific story about a man who created a cosmos in miniature”–TOC
“Like a young god, Fessenden created a miniature universe, but his unholy meddling with the lives and destinies of his creations brought about a startling catastrophe – an amazing weird-scientific story”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 29, no. 4, April 1937, (Apr 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Virgil Finlay; Illust: Finlay
  • Beyond Time and Space, (1950, ed. August Derleth, publ. Pellegrini & Cudahy, $4.50, 643pp, hc, anth)
  • Beyond Time and Space, (1958, ed. August Derleth, publ. Berkley, #G-104, $0.35, 174pp, pb, anth) Cover: Robert E. Schulz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • Science Fiction: The Best of Yesterday, (1980, ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman, publ. Richards Rosen, 0-8239-0510-1, 211pp, hc, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v29n04_1937-04_sas
ebook: https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/sffaudio-usa/usa-pdfs/FessendensWorldsByEdmondHamilton.pdf

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OPUS#111 Seeds from Outside, The

OPUS: #111
Title: The Seeds from Outside
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1937
Type: short story
“A strange weird-scientific tales about two beings that came in Earth in a meteor”–TOC
“A strange and curious weird-scientific fantasy about two beings that came to earth in a meteor”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 29, no. 3, March 1937, (Mar 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: None
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, (Aug 1994, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 1-56619-511-X, $7.98, xx+585pp, hc, anth) Cover: Kevin McGuinness
  • 100 Wild Little Weird Tales, (Dec 1994, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 1-56619-557-8, $7.98, xix+581pp, hc, anth) Cover: Kevin McGuinness
  • 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, (Jul 1995, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 1-56619-919-0, $4.98, xx+585pp, tp, anth)
  • 100 Wild Little Weird Tales, (1997, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 0-7607-0205-5, $4.98, xix+581pp, tp, anth) Cover: Kevin McGuinness
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)
  • 100 Wild Little Weird Tales, (date unknown, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 1-56619-557-8, xix+581pp, hc, anth) Cover: Kevin McGuinness

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV29N03193703

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OPUS#094 When the World Slept

OPUS: #094
Title: When the World Slept
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A thrilling weird-scientific story about a catastrophe that put the whole world to sleep.”–TOC
“A thrilling weird-scientific tale about a catastrophe that put the whole world into a strange sumber”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 28, no. 1, July 1936, (Jul 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Deloy
  • Weird Tales (Canada), Vol. 28, no. 1, July 1936

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v28n01_1936-07_sas

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OPUS#092 House of the Evil Eye, The [DD#2]

OPUS: #092
Title: The House of the Evil Eye
Author: Hugh Davidson (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1936
Type: novelette
Series: Dr. John Dale
“A strange story of a family whose were glance caused those upon whom it fell to sicken and die”
“A complete novelette about a strange doom – by the author of “The Vampire-Master”　– TOC

Publication:

  • Weird Tales [v27 # 6, June 1936] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by M. Brundage), pp. 684-709. Illustrated by Napoli.
  • Weird Tales (Canada)  [v27 # 6?, June 1936]
  • The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Terror, (Aug 2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-06-5, $32.00, xii+345pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v27n06_1936-06_AT-sas

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OPUS#088 Child of the Winds

OPUS: #088
Title: Child of the Winds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A tender and fascinating tale of a strange plateau in Turkistan where the winds of Earth converge”–TOC
“A tender and fascinating story about a strange plateau in Turkistan where the winds from all over Earth converge”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 27, no. 5, May 1936, (May 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), May 1936
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1965, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Souvenir Press (UK), 190pp, hc, anth)
  • Boris Karloff’s Favorite Horror Stories, (May 1965, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Avon, #G1254, $0.50, 176pp, pb, anth)
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1969, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Corgi, 0-552-08144-2, £0.20, 158pp, pb, anth)
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1975, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Everest Books, 0-903925-88-5, 172pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v27n05_1936-05_sas

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OPUS#081 In the World's Dusk

OPUS: #081
Title: In the World’s Dusk
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A gripping tale of the last survivor of the human race and his attempts to repopulate the world.”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 27, no. 3, March 1936, (Mar 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), March 1936
  • The End of the World, (1956, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, publ. Ace, #S-183, $0.25, 159pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • The Last Man on Earth, (Aug 1982, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, 0-449-24531-4, $2.95, 352pp, pb, anth) Cover: Wayne Douglas Barlowe
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales193603ATLPM