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First published 1990
Publisher Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art John Rosato
Pages xx+486
Price $9.99
ISBN 0517693313


© 1990 Month and price from Locus1 Subtitle on cover and title page: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps. 1st printing per full number line. "Jacket illustration adapted by John Rosato from the original by Wesso (Hans Wessoloski)" on rear flap The Cartier artwork, "Oscar", is repeated at the head of each story.

Year Reviewer Publication
1990 S. T. Joshi Crypt of Cthulhu, Michaelmas 1990
1990 Don D'Ammassa Science Fiction Chronicle, #132 September 1990

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Cool Air H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
9 The Return of the Sorcerer Clark Ashton Smith Short Story
22 Wolves of Darkness Jack Williamson Novella
81 The Cairn on the Headland Robert E. Howard Short Story
98 Imp of Satan Hugh B. Cave Short Story
114 Cursed Be the City Henry Kuttner Novelette
134 Logoda's Heads August Derleth Short Story
140 Miracle in Three Dimensions C. L. Moore Short Story
153 For Fear of Little Men Manly Wade Wellman Short Story
172 Spawn of Blackness Carl Jacobi Short Story
185 Me and My Shadow Eric Frank Russell Short Story
199 Doomed Seabury Quinn Short Story
210 The Coppersmith Lester del Rey Short Story
223 Johnny on the Spot Frank Belknap Long Short Story
226 Warm, Dark Places H. L. Gold Short Story
241 But Without Horns Norvell W. Page Novella
323 Philtered Power Malcolm Jameson Short Story
336 Armageddon Fredric Brown Short Story
341 Oscar Cleve Cartmill Short Story
345 Shottle Bop Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
370 Mr. Arson L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
391 The Hill and the Hole Fritz Leiber Short Story
402 The Refugee Jane Rice Short Story
414 The Weird Doom of Floyd Scrilch Robert Bloch Short Story
429 The Abyss Robert A. W. Lowndes Short Story
436 The Words of Guru Cyril M. Kornbluth Short Story
443 The Anomaly of the Empty Man Anthony Boucher Short Story
458 Underground Movement Kris Neville Short Story
470 Expendable Philip K. Dick Short Story
476 Sorry, Right Number Richard Matheson Short Story
xiii Introduction (Rivals of Weird Tales) Stefan R. Dziemianowicz Essay