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The Silver Countess __________ Seabury Quinn 481

An eery exploit of the French ghost-breaker, Jules de Grandin, in his warfare against occult evil—a gripping vampire tale

Folks Used to Believe: The Roc __________ Alvin F. Harlow 501

A giant bird of ancient Jewish and Arabic legend

The Witch-Ball __________ E. F. Benson 502

A strange tale of clairvoyance and occult mysteries by a well-known British writer of weird fiction.

The Battle of the Toads __________ David H. Keller 509

A whimsical weird story telling how Cecil, son of James, became Overlord of Cornwall

Nyctalops __________ Clark Ashton Smith 516

Verse

Outside the Universe (Conclusion) __________ Edmond Hamilton 517

Three universes come to death grips in the thrilling conclusion to this epic weird-scientific serial

Fate __________ Thelma E. Johnson 537

Verse

The Gray Lady __________ Flavia Richardson 538

A strange apparition appeared in the house, and grisly was the mystery which the specter revealed

The Palace of the Dead __________ Robert Peery 543

A brutal killing in the passion of battle has its aftermath in an eery obsession

The Phantom Barber __________ E.W. Mayo 548

A very brief ghost story

The Scourge of Egypt __________ Arlton Eadie 549

A strange tale of a mummy, a scarab, and Kephra-Ophis, slave-driver for that Pharaoh who oppressed the Israelites

Transformation __________ Harvey W. Flink 558

Verse

Weird Story Reprint: The Lost Room __________ Fitz-James O’Brien 559

A fascinating story by one of the early American weird-story writers

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