Weird Tales (May-July, 1924) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781667662114)

A facsimile reprint of a rare early issue of the legendary Weird Tales -- the pulp magazine that defined American horror and fantasy fiction for generation. This special reprint features the debut of "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs," ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for escape artist Harry Houdini. Also included are macabre tales by Otis Adelbert Kline, Henry S. Whitehead, and C. M. Eddy Jr., plus the eerie "Hypnos" and part two of the occult detective serial Ebenezer's Casket. From haunted mansions and strange experiments to resurrected corpses, psychic visions, and supernatural pacts, these stories reveal the raw creative energy of early 20th-century horror and fantasy. With more than thirty chilling tales and vignettes, this mammoth oversized issue offers a thrilling journey into the weird imagination of a bygone literary era.