Oriental Stories

Issues

October-November 1930

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Oriental Stories cover image for October-November 1930

Volume 1, Issue 1 (transcription project)

December-January 1931

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Oriental Stories cover image for December-January 1931

Volume 1, Issue 2

  • The RugFrank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The King of the Jerawahs • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
  • Golden Rosebud • Dorota Flatau • short story
  • With the Veneer Ripped Off • Lee Robinson • short story
  • The Vengeance of Sa'ik • Otis Adelbert Kline • short fiction
  • The Rose • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The China Kid • Frank Owen • novelette
  • The Green Jade God • John Briggs • short story
  • The Scourge of Mektoub • Paul Ernst • short story
  • The Veiled Leopard • G. G. Pendarves • short story
  • Gesture of the Gods • Guy Fletcher • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1930)
  • The Burning Sea • Frank Owen [as Richard Kent] • short story
  • The Sacred Cannon Recoils • Pollok Guiler • short story
  • Finger of Kali • Bernice Thornton Banning • short story

February-March 1931

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Oriental Stories cover image for February-March 1931

Volume 1, Issue 3

  • Red Blades of Black Cathay • Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith • novelette
  • The Rajah's Grandmother • Frank Belknap Long • short story
  • William • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
  • The Dragoman's Revenge • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
  • The Kalgan Road • William Doughty • short story
  • Rondeau Orientale • Alice I'Anson • poem
  • The Secret Trail • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
  • The Merchant of Basra • Dudley Hoys • short story
  • Scoundrels by Night • Frank Owen [as Richard Kent] • novelette
  • The Giant • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The Slave of Justice • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
  • Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • Frank Owen • short story
  • For the Sake of Enlightenment • Coutts Brisbane • short story

April-May-June 1931

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Oriental Stories cover image for April-May-June 1931

Volume 1, Issue 4 (transcription project)

Summer 1931

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Oriental Stories cover image for Summer 1931

Volume 1, Issue 5

  • The Dragoman's Slave Girl • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
  • Mr. Munn Makes Money • Ray Carr • short story
  • O Pioneers! • Warren Hastings Miller • short fiction
  • The Ball of Fire • [*Bugs Sinnot] • S. B. H. Hurst • short story
  • The Hopeless Quest at Aissouan • Paul Ernst • novelette
  • Thirty Pieces of Silver • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
  • Four Doomed Men • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
  • Song of the Indian Night • Frank Owen • short story
  • Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
  • Yung Chi • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • At the Fortunate Frog • Coutts Brisbane • short story

Autumn 1931

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Oriental Stories cover image for Autumn 1931

Volume 1, Issue 6

  • The White Sawbwa of Möng Nam? • Warren Hastings Miller • novella
  • The Golden Girl • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The Test of a Ghost • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
  • Rats at the Silver Cheese • Bassett Morgan • short fiction
  • Yellow Velvet • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • Breakfast for One • Kennis Gorman • short story
  • The Death-Heads' March • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
  • Night • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The Blood of Belshazzar • [*Cormac FitzGeoffrey] • Robert E. Howard • novelette
  • The Song of the Cakes • Nat Schachner and Arthur Leo Zagat • short story
  • Porcelain • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The Tribesman • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story
  • The Justice of the Elephant • Clark Ashton Smith • short story

Winter 1932

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Oriental Stories cover image for Winter 1932

Volume 2, Issue 1 (transcription project)

  • The Dragoman's Jest • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
  • The Dancer of Djogyakarta • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
  • The Mystic RoseFrank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • Tsang, Accessory • [*Tsang] • James W. Bennett • novelette
  • Honor of a Horse-Thief • S. B. H. Hurst • short story
  • The Sowers of the Thunder • Robert E. Howard • novelette
  • Broken Honor • H. E. W. Gay • short story
  • The Dance of Yesha • Grace Keon • short story
  • El Hamel, the Lost One • G. G. Pendarves • short story
  • The Snake Strikes • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story

Spring 1932

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Oriental Stories cover image for Spring 1932

Volume 2, Issue 2

  • The Jungle Girl • Warren Hastings Miller • novelette
  • On a Chinese Vase • Clark Ashton Smith • poem
  • Java Madness • Joseph O. Kesselring • short story
  • Scented Gardens • Dorothy Quick • short story
  • On the Roofs of Tunis • Paul Ernst • short story
  • Lord of Samarcand • Robert E. Howard • novelette
  • Red Moons • Winifred Russell [as Virginia Stait] • novelette
  • The Djinnee of El Sheyb • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
  • The Dancer of Quena • Bruce Bryan and Dudley Stuart Corlett • short story
  • The Tale of Annaya • uncredited • short story
  • Devil Drums • E. W. Chamberlain • short story

Summer 1932

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Oriental Stories cover image for Summer 1932

Volume 2, Issue 3

  • The Dragoman's Confession • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • novella
  • Pirate Whelp • Warren Hastings Miller • novella
  • The Twisted Three • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
  • The Further Adventures of Ali Baba • Allan Govan • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1931)
  • The Bend in the Road • James W. Bennett • short story
  • The Black Adder • Dorothy Quick • short story
  • The Hidden Monster • David H. Keller • short story
  • A Battle Over the Tea-Cups • August W. Derleth • short story (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 15Apr60; R257393.)
  • Jungle Twilight • Clark Ashton Smith • poem
  • Cobra Teeth • M. Small • short story
  • The Snare • Arreph El-Khoury • short story

January 1933

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Volume 3, Issue 1

  • The Master of Dragons • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
  • What Became of Aladdin's Lamp • Allan Govan • short story
  • Kong Beng • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
  • The Dragoman's Pilgrimage • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • novelette
  • Ismeddin and the Holy Carpet • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
  • Face Pidgin • James W. Bennett • short story
  • The Maid of Mir Ammon • Grace Keon • short story
  • The Nanking RoadFrank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • Step Softly, Sahib! • Hugh B. Cave • short story

April 1933

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Oriental Stories cover image for April 1933

Volume 3, Issue 2

  • The Vagabond-at-Arms • Seabury Quinn • novelette
  • The Truth about Sinbad the Sailor • Allan Govan • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1932)
  • The Picture of Judas • Farnsworth Wright [as Francis Hard] • short story
  • The Desert House • Hugh B. Cave • novelette
  • The Gardens of the Nawwab • Grace Keon • short story
  • Furlough • Edgar Daniel Kramer • poem
  • Kaldar, World of Antares • [*Stuart Merrick • 1] • Edmond Hamilton • novelette
  • Gifts • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • Mr. Jimson Assists • August W. Derleth • short story (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 15Apr60; R257394.)

July 1933

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Oriental Stories cover image for July 1933

Volume 3, Issue 3 (transcription project)

  • Pearls from Macao • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
  • Chained • Rose Mary Burdick • poem
  • The Bride of God • Seabury Quinn • novelette
  • DancersFrank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
  • The Lion of Tiberias • Robert E. Howard • novelette
  • The Jumping-Well • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
  • The Forgotten of Allah • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
  • The Samaritan • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
  • The Kiss of Zoraida • Clark Ashton Smith • short story
  • The Mutations of Madam Butterfly • James W. Bennett • short story

October 1933

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Volume 3, Issue 4

  • Berber Loot • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
  • The Young Men Speak • K. B. Montague • novelette
  • King's Assassins • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
  • The Tiger's Cubs • [*Carlos de la Muerte] • Seabury Quinn • novelette
  • Death in My House • Paul Ernst • short story
  • The Snake-Men of Kaldar • [*Stuart Merrick • 2] • Edmond Hamilton • novelette
  • Pale Hands • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
  • A Woman of the Hills • Arreph El-Khoury • short story
  • The Pool • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem

January 1934

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Volume 4, Issue 1 (transcription project)

  • Speed Planes for Moscow • S. Gordon Gurwit • short story
  • The River of Perfumes • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
  • Alleys of Darkness • [*Dennis Dorgan] • Robert E. Howard [as Patrick Ervin] • short story
  • The Shadow of the Vulture • Robert E. Howard • novelette
  • Five Merchants Who Met in a Tea-HouseFrank Owen • short story
  • The Little Affair of the Eiffel Tower • Arthur Morris Crosby • short fiction
  • Passport to the Desert • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
  • The Spider Woman • Seabury Quinn • novelette
  • Hindoo Student's Prayer • Katharine C. Turner • poem
  • The Mayor's Four Chins • James W. Bennett • short story
  • RiversFrank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem


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