![]() ![]() Under the editorship of Wright, Weird Tales developed into the "Unique Magazine" that its subtitle promised. It has been suggested that the controversy caused by a necrophiliac horror story, "The Loved Dead" by C M Eddy (1896-1967) with H P Lovecraft (uncredited) in the May/July issue – attempts were made to have it removed from the news-stands – gave Weird Tales the publicity boost it needed to survive. But it reappeared in November 1924 with a new publisher (actually still Henneberger, but now without Lansinger) and a new editor. Its early issues were undistinguished (despite the presence of writers who later became regular contributors, such as H P Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn and Clark Ashton Smith) and the bumper Anniversary issue, May/July 1924, was to have been the last. Weird Tales was founded in 1923 by J C Henneberger and J M Lansinger the former retained an interest in the magazine throughout its existence. Its format was small Pulp (9 x 6 in 230 x 150 mm) March and April 1923, letter-size May 1923 to May/July 1924, standard pulp-size November 1924 to July 1953, and Digest-size September 1953-September 1954. US magazine, 279 issues March 1923 to September 1954, published initially in Chicago by Rural Publishing Corporation March 1923 to May/July 1924 and Popular Fiction Company November 1924 to October 1938 then relocated to New York with Short Stories Inc November 1938 to September 1954 edited by Edwin Baird March 1923-April 1924, Otis Adelbert Kline May/July 1924, Farnsworth Wright November 1924-December 1939, Dorothy McIlwraith January 1940-September 1954. Legendary US weird-fiction magazine which originally ran for 31 years and has since had a number of revivals in a variety of forms, which are subdivided below starting with the original magazine.ġ.
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