Line #6 Magazine/WeirdTales


1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Weird_Tales_March_1923_7656.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:The first issue of the original run.]]
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4	''Weird Tales'' is a legendary PulpMagazine. Its original run lasted between 1923 and 1954; since then there have been various revivals, one of which is currently ongoing and [[http://weirdtales.com/ has a website]]. It publishes short stories in the horror and fantasy genres; as seen below, its long history includes contributions by many of the best known writers in those fields.
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6	Scans of old ''Weird Tales'' issues can be found in [[https://archive.org/details/pulpmagazinearchive?and%5B%5D=weird%20tales the Internet Archive]].
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8	!!Contributing authors include:
9	* Creator/RobertBloch: The future ''Literature/{{Psycho}}'' author broke in with Franchise/CthulhuMythos fiction while he was a teenage correspondent of Lovecraft.
10	* Creator/RayBradbury
11	* Creator/JosephPayneBrennan
12	* Creator/AugustDerleth
13	* Creator/RobertEHoward: The magazine was the birthplace of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, Literature/SolomonKane and Literature/{{Kull}}.
14	* Creator/HenryKuttner
15	* Creator/FritzLeiber
16	* Creator/FrankBelknapLong
17	* Creator/HPLovecraft: Contributed several stories, most notably "Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu".
18	* Creator/CLMoore, who published her Literature/JirelOfJoiry and Literature/NorthwestSmith stories in the magazine.
19	* Creator/SeaburyQuinn: Not much remembered today, but actually the most popular contributor during the magazine's original run.
20	* Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith
21	* Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
22	* Creator/TennesseeWilliams: Believe it or not, he submitted a story to the magazine, the VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_of_Nitocris "The Vengeance of Nitocris"]].
23	** It got a ComicBookAdaptation in [[ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian Savage Sword of Conan]] #216, which was filled with ShoutOut after ShoutOut to Williams' other works.
24	--->'''Conan:''' ... you will have to depend upon '''[[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire the kindness of strangers!]]'''
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26	!!Works first published in the magazine that have their own pages on this wiki include:
27	[[index]]
28	* "Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu"
29	* ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''
30	* "Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse"
31	* "Literature/TheHound1924"
32	* "Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos"
33	* ''Literature/JirelOfJoiry'' series
34	* ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' series
35	* "Literature/TheNightWire"
36	* ''Literature/NorthwestSmith'' series
37	* "Literature/PickmansModel"
38	* "Literature/TheRatsInTheWalls"
39	* "Literature/TheShunnedHouse"
40	* "[[Literature/Slime1953 Slime]]"
41	* ''Literature/SolomonKane'' series
42	* "Literature/TheTemple"
43	* "Literature/TheThoughtMonster"
44	* "Literature/ThroughTheGatesOfTheSilverKey"
45	* "Literature/TheWhispererInDarkness"
46	[[/index]]
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48	!!Tropes associated with the magazine:
49	* CosmicHorrorStory: This is where the Franchise/CthulhuMythos started and had what some call its most glorious run.
50	* HaveAGayOldTime: This magazine is not eccentric; weird used to mean scary.
51	* HeroicFantasy: ''Weird Tales'' pretty much started that entire genre.
52	* MagicianDetective: For a time the magazine had stories featuring Creator/HarryHoudini.
53	* MoralGuardians: They occasionally complained about the magazine, but rarely so much as when Weird Tales published 'The Loved Dead', a [[VillainProtagonist first-person story]] about [[ILoveTheDead a necrophiliac serial killer]].
54	* OccultDetective: They had their share, most notably [[Creator/SeaburyQuinn Jules de Grandin]] and [[Creator/ManlyWadeWellman John Thunstone]].
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