![]() ![]() Sheridan Le Fanu contributes a classic reprint. The ubiquitous Seabury Quinn is also present with one of his ninety-three Jules de Grandin stories, along with tales by early giants of science fiction Edmond Hamilton and Jack Williamson. ![]() This issue is at the beginning of the Unique Magazine’s (as it sometimes called itself) Golden Age (roughly the early to late 1930’s) with a total of four of the nine stories penned by what I like to think of as the Holy Trinity of Weird Tales writers, Robert E. I’ll start with a short overview and then get into the specifics of each story. I wanted to start with a memorable issue, so I chose the July 1933 entry, one of the best I’ve read so far. ![]() You can look at these ratings as A-B-C-D-F, or Excellent – Good – Mediocre – Below Average – Poor. ![]() Just to make things a little confusing, I rate these stories, unlike movies, on a 1-5 scale, with the lower the number, the better the story. This is the first in a series of posts I’ve wanted to do for awhile now, a detailed look at a single issue of Weird Tales magazine where I do a short analysis of each story, the famous, the infamous, and the forgotten. Somewhat fanciful Brundage cover for “Hand of Glory” ![]()
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