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Weird Tales, Fall 1973

September 1973

Editor Sam Moskowitz
Cover art Gary van der Steur
Publisher Weird Tales
Price $0.75
Pages 100

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 "Supernatural Horror in Literature" is described as 'The Unpublished 1936 Condensed Final Version'.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. Publication month from Ashley's "Gateways to Forever" and Contento. "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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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Short Fiction Fiction Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani William Hope Hodgson
12 Poem Fiction Atlantis Stanton A. Coblentz
13 Short Fiction Fiction The Clash of Dishes Ian Maclaren
19 Short Fiction Fiction Eternal Rediffusion Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson
23 Short Fiction Fiction Sword in the Snow E. C. Tubb
31 Short Fiction Fiction Funeral in Another Town Jerry Jacobson
42 Short Fiction Fiction The Man in the Bottle Gustav Meyrink
46 Short Fiction Fiction The Smiling People Ray Bradbury
52 Essay Non Fiction Introduction: Supernatural Horror in Literature Willis Conover
52 Essay Non Fiction Supernatural Horror in Literature H. P. Lovecraft
57 Short Fiction Fiction The Man on the Ground Robert E. Howard
61 Poem Fiction Song for Wood Horns A. Merritt
62 Essay Non Fiction William Hope Hodgson - Novelist Sam Moskowitz
74 Essay Non Fiction Virgil Finlay (A folio) Virgil Finlay
76 Short Fiction Fiction The Utmost Abomination Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter
83 Essay Non Fiction Felix Marti-Ibanez, M.D. (obituary) Sam Moskowitz
84 Short Fiction Fiction The Buried Paradise Felix Marti-Ibanez
91 Short Fiction Fiction The Fate of the "Senegambian Queen" Wardon Allan Curtis
93 Poem Fiction Great Ashtoreth Frank Belknap Long
94 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): A Good Friend Carl Jacobi
94 Essay Non Fiction The Eyrie (Weird Tales, Fall 1973) uncredited
95 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Certainty Expressed Reverend G. M. Farley
95 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Contributor Promises Howell Vincent Calhoun
95 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Suggestions Made Crispin Burnham
96 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Weird Tales, Fall 1973): Suggestions for the Future Edward S. Lauterbach
fep Essay Non Fiction Reaching Our Audience Sam Moskowitz

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Weird Tales - 1973 Sam Moskowitz
Cover Art Non Fiction Weird Tales, Fall 1973 Gary van der Steur
1 Interior Art Non Fiction Weird Tales (masthead) Hannes Bok
3 Interior Art Non Fiction Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani uncredited
37 Interior Art Non Fiction Funeral in Another Town uncredited
47 Interior Art Non Fiction The Smiling People uncredited
61 Interior Art Non Fiction Song for Wood Horns uncredited
74 Interior Art Non Fiction Virgil Finlay (A folio) Virgil Finlay
77 Interior Art Non Fiction The Utmost Abomination uncredited
85 Interior Art Non Fiction The Buried Paradise uncredited
94 Interior Art Non Fiction The Eyrie Andrew Brosnatch