Weird Tales: The Unique Magazine
From March of 1923 to September of 1954, Weird Tales was the most
influential of all pulp magazines in the
horror and fantasy genres. This magazine provided a publishing forum which
focused "on the weird, the bizarre, the unususal," which initially was
considered taboo and avoided by all other fiction magazines.
The "Unique Magazine" provided an opportunity for a new generation of writers to develop their craft and to explore new possibilities in the area of supernatural occult stories and what they termed "highly imaginative" stories. From this bold editorial viewpoint, they sparked the literary careers of authors who are now regarded as the founding fathers of modern day horror and fantasy fiction.
The author list included Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, August Derleth,
Edmund Hamilton, Robert E. Howard, Carl Jacobi, Henry Kuttner, Frank Bellknap
Long Jr., H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore,
Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn, Donald & Howard Wandrei, and Manly Wade
Wellman among many others.
Weird Tales also developed a legendary reputation for fantastic cover and interior art from such artists as Margaret Brundage, J. Allen St. John, and Virgil Finlay.
Weird Tales returned to the newstands during the 1970s and 1980s to
continue the legendary publishing tradition. In 1998, seventy five years since
its debut, Weird Tales is once again publishing the best in weird
fiction. Weird Tales stories have been reprinted in magazine replicas and in
anthologies.
Current Weird Tales Pulps for Sale
Weird Tales Replicas and Reprints
- Cormac Mac Art
- Replica Weird Tales, Dec, 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales #10, February 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales #11, March, 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales #12 April, 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales Anniversary Issue (May, June, July, 1924)
- Replica: Weird Tales April, 1926
- Replica: Weird Tales July, 1925
- Replica: Weird Tales Nov, 1923
- Replica: Weird Tales Nov, 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales Oct, 1933
- Replica: Weird Tales, August 1928
- Replica: Weird Tales, August 1934
- Replica: Weird Tales, August, 1923
- Replica: Weird Tales, January 1924
- Replica: Weird Tales, October, 1923
- Replica: Weird Tales, September, 1923
- Shadow Kingdoms
- The Best of Weird Tales: 1923
Original Weird Tales Pulp Magazines
- Pulp: Weird Tales January, 1943
- Pulp: Weird Tales January, 1951
- Pulp: Weird Tales March, 1941
- Pulp: Weird Tales March, 1950
- Pulp: Weird Tales May 1953
- Pulp: Weird Tales May, 1953
- Pulp: Weird Tales November, 1945
- Pulp:Weird Tales March, 1951
- Weird Tales 1954, January
Modern Weird Tales Magazines
- Weird Tales #290 Spring 1988
- Weird Tales #291 Summer 1988
- Weird Tales #292 Fall 1988
- Weird Tales #293 Winter 1989
- Weird Tales #295 Winter 1989/1990
- Weird Tales #296 Spring 1990
- Weird Tales #297 Summer 1990
- Weird Tales #300 Spring 1991
- Weird Tales #301 Summer 1991
- Weird Tales #302 Fall, 1991
- Weird Tales #303 Winter 1991/92
- Weird Tales #317
- Weird Tales #319 Spring 2000
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