by Schwartz and Weisinger
Popular Publications (205 East 42nd Street, N.Y.C.) has launched a new
magazine, _Terror Tale's_, which is featuring terror and horror stories
of all varieties. It is edited by Rogers Terrill and C. H. Whipple,
and will sell for 15 cts a copy.... The first two numbers will feature
the following stories and writers: "House of Living Death" by Arthur
Leo Zagat; "Blood Magic" by C. F. Roberts; "Dead Man's Bride" by Wyatt
Blassingame; "Terror Island" by Hugh B. Cave; "Village of the Dead"
by Wyatt Blassingame; "Death's Loving Arms" by Hugh B. Cave; and "The
House where Horrors Dwell" by C. F. Roberts.
Otis Adelbert Kline will serial it shortly in _Weird Tales_ with a
three-parter, "The Lord of Lamia" ... L.A. Eshbach's weird-scientific
thriller, "The Brain of Ali Kahn," is slated for the October issue
of _Wonder Stories_.... Dr. Keller's unique tale, "The Dead Woman,"
published originally in _Fantasy Magazine_, will be reprinted in the
11th volume of the "Not at Night" series.... And an English publishing
concern is arranging to put out an anthology of Dr. Keller's best
weird stories both published and unpublished.... As a result of Jack
Williamson's recent tropical adventure with Edmond Hamilton, Jack's
eyes are now on the blink, and it may be some weeks before he will be
producing again.... M. Brundage _is_ a woman and has a young son in
grammar school.
Farnsworth Wright has recently accepted stories from a famous Flemish
artist, writing under the pseudonym of John Flanders. His first tale
will be "The Graveyard Duchess".... The September _Weird Tales_ will
contain a story, "Naked Lady," by a new author named Lord, which,
despite its title, is _not_ sexy.... H. Bedford-Jones makes his bow
to WT readers in this issue with "The Sleeper," a tale of an Egyptian
magician.... Clark Ashton Smith has sold "Xeethra" and "The Last
Heiroglyph" to _Weird_. At present he is working on a science fiction
yarn, "Secondary Cosmos," and on a weird-scientific tale, "The Juju
Country".... Francis Flagg, who has collaborated with Forrest J.
Ackerman on "The Slow Motion Man," is associate editor of _The Anvil_.
As mentioned here last month, Seabury Quinn has finally succeeded
in turning out another Jules de Grandin story, "The Jest of Warburg
Tantavul".... The reason for the delay was that Quinn has been so
extremely occupied with work for his own journal, _Casket & Sunnyside_,
that he found it almost impossible to spare the extra time.... A few
days after completing the story, when Quinn was again up to his neck
in work at his office, to make up for time he borrowed in writing the
story, he discovered he had been summoned to serve a full week on a
jury--and not even Jules de Grandin could get him out of it!... Willard
E. Hawkins, editor of the _Author & Journalist_, who also wrote "The
Dead Man's Tale," which was the first story in the first issue of
_Weird Tales_, has written a most interesting booklet, "Castaways of
Plenty," showing up fallacies in our economic system.
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