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• v • Publisher's Note (The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced) • essay by Bob McLain
• vii • Foreword (The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced) • essay by Adrian Cole
• ix • Preface to the First Edition (The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced) • essay by Robert Weinberg (variant of Preface (The Weird Tales Story) 1977)
• xi • Introduction: A Real Weird Magazine • essay by Jason Ray Corney, Ph.D.
• 1 • A Brief History • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 9 • Farnsworth Wright • (1977) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price
• 25 • Why Weird Tales? • (1924) • essay by Otis Adelbert Kline
• 29 • The Stories • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 31 •  The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced • interior artwork by Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino (variant of The Weird Tales Story 1977)
• 39 •  The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced [2] • interior artwork by Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino (variant of The Weird Tales Story [4] 1977)
• 46 •  The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced [3] • interior artwork by Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino (variant of The Weird Tales Story [2] 1977)
• 55 •  The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced [4] • interior artwork by Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino (variant of The Weird Tales Story [5] 1977)
• 63 •  The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced [5] • interior artwork by Orvy Jundis and Alex Nino (variant of The Weird Tales Story [3] 1977)
• 74 • Dorothy McIlwraith • essay by Terence E. Hanley
• 79 • Ray Bradbury • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 82 • Mary Elizabeth Counselman • essay by Mike Ashley
• 85 • August Derleth • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 87 • Edmond Hamilton • essay by Mike Ashley
• 90 • Robert E. Howard and the Early Werid Tales (1923–1925) • essay by Robert Derie [as by Bobby Derie]
• 99 • Robert E. Howard and the Later Werid Tales • essay by Rob Roehm
• 118 • Henry Kuttner • essay by Adrian Cole
• 120 • Frank Belknap Long • essay by Mike Ashley
• 123 • H. P. Lovecraft • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 132 • C. L. Moore • essay by Mike Ashley
• 134 • Seabury Quinn • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 138 • Clark Ashton Smith • essay by Mike Ashley
• 141 • Manley Wade Wellman • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 144 • A Fellowship of Fear • essay by Mike Ashley
• 150 • They Should Have Been Weird Tales • essay by Terence E. Hanley
• 161 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Long View ... 1968)
• 163 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Greye La Spina
• 164 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by H. Warner Munn (variant of Writing for Weird Tales 1974)
• 168 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 168 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Edmond Hamilton (variant of He That Hath Words 1968)
• 169 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Wallace West (variant of "The Last Man" Mess 1974)
• 171 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Manly Wade Wellman (variant of 50 Years of Weird Tales 1974)
• 172 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Carl Jacobi
• 172 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Robert Bloch (variant of A Word About Weird 1974)
• 174 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Robert Barbour Johnson
• 179 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Lee Brown Coye (variant of Memories of Weird Tales 1974)
• 180 • Recollections of Weird Tales • (1977) • essay by Joseph Payne Brennan (variant of My Skirmish with Weird Tales 1974)
• 183 • Gothic to Cosmic: Sword-and-Sorcery in Weird Tales • essay by Morgan Holmes
• 199 • Cover Art • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 199 •  Weird Tales, March 1923 (cover) • (1948) • interior artwork by R. R. Epperly (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1923 1923)
• 200 •  Weird Tales, November 1924 cover • (1974) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1924 1924)
• 200 •  Weird Tales, August 1925 (cover) • (1925) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1925)
• 201 •  Weird Tales, July 1926 (cover) • (1926) • interior artwork by E. M. Stevenson (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1926)
• 201 •  Weird Tales, August 1926 (cover) • (1926) • interior artwork by C. Barker Petrie, Jr. (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1926)
• 202 •  Weird Tales, January 1927 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by C. Barker Petrie, Jr. (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1927 1927)
• 202 •  Weird Tales, October 1926 (cover) • (1926) • interior artwork by C. Barker Petrie, Jr. (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1926)
• 203 •  Weird Tales, June 1928 (cover) • (1928) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1928)
• 203 •  Weird Tales, August 1928 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1928 1928)
• 204 •  Weird Tales, October 1928 (cover) • (1928) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1928)
• 204 •  Weird Tales, July 1928 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1928 1928)
• 204 •  Weird Tales, July 1930 (cover) • (1930) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1930)
• 204 •  Weird Tales, December 1928 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1928 1928)
• 206 •  Weird Tales, April 1929 (cover) • (1929) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1929)
• 206 •  Weird Tales, June 1929 (cover) • (1929) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1929)
• 206 •  Weird Tales, June-July 1931 (cover) • (1931) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June-July 1931)
• 206 •  Weird Tales, August 1931 (cover) • (1931) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1931)
• 207 •  Weird Tales, October 1931 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1931 1931)
• 207 •  Weird Tales, February 1932 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1932 1932)
• 207 •  Weird Tales, January 1932 (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1932 1932)
• 207 •  Weird Tales, June 1932 (cover) • (1932) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1932)
• 208 •  Weird Tales, September 1932 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1932 1932)
• 208 •  Weird Tales, October 1932 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1932 1932)
• 209 •  Weird Tales, November 1932 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1932 1932)
• 209 •  Weird Tales, December 1932 (cover) • (1972) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1932 1932)
• 210 •  Weird Tales, March 1933 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1933 1933)
• 210 •  Weird Tales, April 1933 (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1933 1933)
• 211 •  Weird Tales, May 1933 (cover) • (1933) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1933)
• 211 •  Weird Tales, June 1933 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1933 1933)
• 212 •  Weird Tales, July 1933 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1933 1933)
• 212 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1933 1933)
• 213 •  Weird Tales, October 1933 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1933 1933)
• 213 •  Weird Tales, March 1934 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1934 1934)
• 214 •  Weird Tales, April 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1934 1934)
• 214 •  Weird Tales, May 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1934 1934)
• 214 •  Weird Tales, September 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1934 1934)
• 214 •  Weird Tales, October 1934 (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1934 1934)
• 216 •  Weird Tales, December 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934)
• 216 •  Weird Tales, February 1935 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1935 1935)
• 216 •  Weird Tales, April 1935 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1935 1935)
• 216 •  Weird Tales, May 1935 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1935 1935)
• 218 •  Weird Tales, August 1935 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1935 1935)
• 218 •  Weird Tales, September 1935 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1935 1935)
• 218 •  Weird Tales, May 1936 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1936 1936)
• 218 •  Weird Tales, June 1936 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1936 1936)
• 219 •  Weird Tales, October 1936 (cover) • (1936) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1936)
• 219 •  Weird Tales, November 1936 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1936 1936)
• 219 •  Weird Tales, December 1936 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1936 1936)
• 219 •  Weird Tales, February 1937 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1937 1937)
• 220 •  Weird Tales, April 1937 (cover) • (1937) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1937)
• 220 •  Weird Tales, June 1937 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1937 1937)
• 222 •  Weird Tales, July 1937 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1937 1937)
• 222 •  Weird Tales, October 1937 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1937 1937)
• 222 •  Weird Tales, March 1938 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1938 1938)
• 222 •  Weird Tales, February 1938 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1938 1938)
• 223 •  Weird Tales, April 1938 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, April 1938 1938)
• 223 •  Weird Tales, November 1938 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1938 1938)
• 224 •  Weird Tales, August 1939 (cover) • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1939)
• 224 •  Weird Tales, November 1939 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1939 1939)
• 224 •  Weird Tales, December 1939 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1939 1939)
• 224 •  Weird Tales, July 1941 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1941 1941)
• 226 •  Weird Tales, November 1941 (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1941 1941)
• 226 •  Weird Tales, May 1942 (cover) • (1942) • interior artwork by Ray Quigley (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1942)
• 226 •  Weird Tales, September 1942 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1942 1942)
• 226 •  Weird Tales, July 1944 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1944 1944)
• 227 •  Weird Tales, November 1943 (cover) • (1943) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1943)
• 227 •  Weird Tales, January 1941 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1941 1941)
• 228 •  Weird Tales, January 1944 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1944 1944)
• 228 •  Weird Tales, September 1945 (cover) • (1945) • interior artwork by Pete Kuhlhoff (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1945)
• 228 •  Weird Tales, November 1945 (cover) • (1945) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1945)
• 228 •  Weird Tales, November 1946 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1946 1946)
• 230 •  Weird Tales, September 1947 (cover) • (1975) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1947 1947)
• 230 •  Weird Tales, July 1946 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Matt Fox (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1946 1946)
• 230 •  Weird Tales, July 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Matt Fox (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1949)
• 230 •  Weird Tales, March 1948 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1948 1948)
• 231 •  Weird Tales, January 1949 (cover) • (1949) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1949)
• 231 •  Weird Tales, November 1950 (cover) • (1950) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1950)
• 231 •  Weird Tales, September 1952 (cover) • (1952) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1952)
• 231 •  Weird Tales, March 1953 (cover) • (1953) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1953)
• 233 • Interior Art • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 234 •  The Temple • (1925) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 234 •  The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 235 •  Saladin's Throne-Rug • (1927) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 236 •  The Chapel of Mystic Horror • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 237 •  The Dunwich Horror • (1929) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 238 •  Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 238 •  The Return of Balkis • (1977) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 239 •  Charon • (1935) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 240 •  The Footprint • (1930) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf
• 241 •  The Devil's Bride • (1977) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin (variant of The Devil's Bride (Part 2 of 6) 1932)
• 242 •  From the Dark Halls of Hell • (1932) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
• 242 •  The Dragon Girl • (1932) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
• 243 •  Those Who Seek • (1932) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
• 243 •  The Sheraton Mirror • (1932) • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel
• 244 •  The Lair of the Star-Spawn • (1932) • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel
• 244 •  The Death of Malygris • (1934) • interior artwork by Clark Ashton Smith
• 245 •  The Monsters • (1933) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 246 •  The Thing in the Fog • (1933) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 246 •  Buccaneers of Venus • (1977) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 247 •  Buccaneers of Venus [2] • (1977) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 247 •  Isle of the Undead • (1936) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 248 •  The Carnival of Death • (1977) • interior artwork by Jack Binder
• 248 •  The Carnival of Death [2] • (1977) • interior artwork by Jack Binder
• 249 •  Corsairs of the Cosmos • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond
• 249 •  Vine Terror • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond
• 250 •  The Trail of the Cloven Hoof • (1977) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond (variant of The Trail of the Cloven Hoof (Part 7 of 7) 1935)
• 251 •  Letter to James Napoli, January 18, 1932 • (1977) • essay by Farnsworth Wright
• 252 •  The Consuming Flame • (1935) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
• 252 •  Red Nails • (1977) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay (variant of Red Nails (Part 1 of 3) 1936)
• 253 •  Medusa • [Weird Tales Decorations] • (1977) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of Weird Tales, December 1935 1935)
• 254 •  Dancing Feet • (1935) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 254 •  The Shunned House • (1937) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 255 • The Horns of Elfland (excerpt) • [Virgil Finlay's Poetry Series] • (1938) • poem by Alfred Tennyson [as by Tennyson]
• 255 •  The Horns of Elfland • [Virgil Finlay's Poetry Series] • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 256 • The Ancient Mariner (excerpt) • [Virgil Finlay's Poetry Series] • (1938) • poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge [as by Coleridge]
• 256 •  The Ancient Mariner • [Virgil Finlay's Poetry Series] • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 257 •  "Where Crafty Gnomes" • [Virgil Finlay's Poetry Series] • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 257 •  Dragon Moon • (1977) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of Dragon Moon [2] 1941)
• 258 •  Compliments of Spectro • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• 258 •  Haunted Hour • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• 259 •  The Case of Charles Dexter Ward • (1977) • interior artwork by Harry Ferman (variant of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Part 1 of 2) [2] 1941)
• 260 •  Drifting Atoms • (1941) • interior artwork by Harry Ferman
• 260 •  
  Yours Truly — Jack the Ripper^?Yours Truly - Jack the Ripper
  • (1943) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 262 •  The Last Adam and Eve • (1947) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 262 •  Three in Chains • (1946) • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
• 263 •  The Haunted • (1950) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
• 263 •  Thinker • (1949) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
• 264 • Weirdisms (Weird Tales, March 1949) • [Weirdisms] • (1949) • essay by Lee Brown Coye
• 264 •  Weirdisms (Weird Tales, March 1949) • [Weirdisms] • (1949) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 265 •  The Whippoorwills in the Hills • (1948) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 266 •  The Inn by Doomsday Falls • (1947) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 267 •  Serpent Princess • (1948) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 268 •  The Night Road • (1952) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 268 •  Once There Was a Little Girl • (1953) • interior artwork by Joseph Eberle (variant of Once There Was a Little Girl ...)
• 269 • Beginnings and Ends • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 273 • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, December 1933) • (1933) • essay by uncredited
• 274 • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, December 1935) • (1935) • essay by uncredited
• 277 • Out of the Eyrie • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 299 • Competition • (1977) • essay by Robert Weinberg
• 301 • Since 1954: The Magazine That Never Dies • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 311 • "Ooze" ... Back to the Beginning • novelette by Anthony M. Rud (variant of Ooze 1923)