Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4, June, 1923: The unique magazine

Transcriber’s Note: Stories that were originally split over pages, with
adverts and/or other stories in between, have been recombined.




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[Illustration: _Send above Sketch and Get This_ Ivorine Pocket Rule
_FREE_]

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_Positions Paying Up to_ $250 and $300 per Month

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                Chief Draftsman, Engineers’ Equipment Co.,
                            1951 Lawrence Av.
                            Div. 13-95 Chicago




WEIRD TALES

_The Unique Magazine_


EDWIN BAIRD, _Editor_

Published monthly by THE RURAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 325 N. Capitol
Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Application made for entry as second-class
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same, either wholly or in part.

Copyright, 1923, by The Rural Publishing Corporation.

                  VOLUME 1      25 Cents      NUMBER 4




_Contents for June, 1923_

  _Sixteen Thrilling Short Stories_
  _Two Complete Novelettes_
  _Two Two-Part Stories_
  _Interesting, Odd and Weird Happenings_


    THE EVENING WOLVES                        PAUL ELLSWORTH TRIEM       5
        _An Exciting Tale of Weird Events_

    DESERT MADNESS                           HAROLD FREEMAN MINERS      19
        _A Fanciful Novel of the Red Desert_

    THE JAILER OF SOULS                           HAMILTON CRAIGIE      32
        _A Powerful Novel of Sinister Madmen that Mounts to an
          Astounding Climax_

    JACK O’ MYSTERY