The Best of Weird Tales · 1923

Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world.

Collected here are 13 of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.

Contents

1. The Grave by Orville R. Emerson

2. The Basket by Herbert J. Mangham

3. Beyond the Door by J. Paul Suter

4. The Devil Plant by Lyle Wilson Holden

5. The Purple Heart by Herman Sisk

6. The Well by Julian Kilman

7. The Two Men Who Murdered Each Other by Valma Clark

8. The Dead-Naming of Lukapehu by P. D. Gog

9. The Bloodstained Parasol by James L. Ravenscroft

10. The Man Who Owned the World by Frank Owen

11. An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension by Farnsworth Wright

12. Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft

13. Lucifer by John D. Swain