Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections, complete with original illustrations. “Masters of Horror, Vol. Four: Arthur J. Burks, the Wizard of Weird Tales” contains fourteen superb tales of horror by another great Weird Tales alumnus. Arthur J. Burks’ Weird Tales debut in 1924 triggered the beginning of a long and remarkable writing career. Throughout his life, Burks pumped out hundreds of short stories and even a few novels, gracing the pages of countless pulp magazines. Within this collection is just a snippet of that vast assortment of work. But beware! For here is a selection of Burks’ most gruesome, gory, and terrifying tales, all of which appeared in the pages of Weird Tales. Read on with caution as the “Wizard of Weird Tales” spins his magic of misfortune in fourteen horrific, spine-tingling tales, including: “Room of Shadows,” where the living check in and the dead check out; “Black Harvest of Moraine,” in which a blight turns up from the fields of hell and devours the flesh of the living; “Bells of Oceana,” where a mysterious fog lures men to a watery grave; “The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee,” which takes us to a sinister canyon overflowing with howling ghosts—plus ten other harrowing tales! So proceed with caution into the macabre mind of one of Weird Tales’ finest tale-tellers.
CONTENTS
1. Bells of Oceana (Weird Tales, December 1927)
2. Room of Shadows (Weird Tales, May 1936)
3. Black Harvest of Moraine (Weird Tales, January 1950)
4. The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee (Weird Tales, May 1926)
5. Luisma's Return (Weird Tales, January 1925)
6. Rhythmic Formula (Weird Tales, May 1952)
7. Orbit of Souls (Weird Tales, December 1926)
8. Morpho on the Screen (Weird Tales, March 1954)
9. Asphodel (Weird Tales, June 1926)
10. When the Graves Were Opened (Weird Tales, December 1925)
11. Voodoo (Weird Tales, December 1924)
12. Vale of the Corbies (Weird Tales, November 1925)
13. The Invading Horde (Weird Tales, November 1927)
14. Something Toothsome (Weird Tales, March 1926)
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