Volume 1, numbers 12, 13, 14 and 15, of _Scoops_ contains a great

variety of stf. "The Humming Horror" (interplanetary); "The Black Vultures" (air pirates); "Devilman of the Deep" (sea monster); "Cataclysm" (another Armageddon, with the survivors going to Mars); "The Poison Belt" (Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's tale); "Scouts of Space" (interplanetary space pirates); "The Metal Dictator" (robot ruler plot); "The March of the Beserks" (scientist creates monsters who revolt); "Invaders from Time" (time travelling tale by our own John Russell Fearn); and "S O S from Saturn" (interplanetary).

In addition, _Scoops_ maintains several departments, and a readers page, among which are: "To the Planets," a weekly column by P. E. Cleator, who is President of the British Interplanetary Society. This column reports latest news flashes of rocketeers and interplanetary projects all over the world. Two other departments called "Here's a Scoop" and "Modern Marvels" list the latest inventions, scientific discoveries, etc. Another column, "Can it be Done?" presents an illustration of some badly needed device or invention, and asks readers to try to invent them. The readers page occupies the back cover at present and quite a few good arguments are put up. It needs some American letters though, so get busy Mr. Ackerman and Mr. Darrow!

Several requests have been received for information on this magazine, so here it is: _Scoops_ is published weekly at 18 Henrietta St., London, WC2, England. Yearly subscription price is 13s, or about $3.40. Remittance can be made in American postal money orders. English money values are not steady, in regards to American money, so the $3.40 may be either more, or less, when you subscribe. _Scoops_ contains, on an average, 28 pages. It has a cover in two or three colors, depicting some scene from a story, or some scientific feat. The size of the magazine is 9 X 12 inches, and has small type, thus quite a lot of reading matter is put out, considering its small price of about 6 cents for a copy.

You can either subscribe for three months, six months, or a year. The three month price is three shillings and three pence. Six months is just double that. One year is 13 shillings. [We hope to present another article in this series very soon. Perhaps even as early as next month.]

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Science Fiction Fans join the Science Fiction League For details, see the current issue of _Wonder Stories_

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BELOW THE PHOSPHOR

by Robert Nelson

The swaying corpse upon the wall Grows rotten with the waning light; And crawling shadows of the night Lie on the body like a pall.

Dead spirits dance upon the slope; Blatant are bat-things overhead; But now the revenants have fled, The glad fantasias yet grope.

Only the ghouls are gently stirred By tainted gusts lost from the gale; And in the faun-infested vale Wild screeches of a fiend are heard.

Impending o'er the noisome spawn, In glaucous haze the Phosphor steals-- Thence to Azrael's eyes reveals The wrestling wraiths on death's dark lawn--

Fast scaling up the ebon sky To cull and slay the gnawing blight, All cool of the corpse's mute delight, Or if the baneful fiend should die.

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THE FAVORITE WEIRD TALES OF

AUGUST W. DERLETH

(Courtesy of H. Koenig)

The Willows A. Blackwood The Inhabitant of Carcosa A. Bierce The Yellow Sign R. W. Chambers The Upper Berth F. Marion Crawford The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs A View from a Hill M. R. James Seaton's Aunt W. de la Mare The House of Sounds M. P. Shiel Dream of Armageddon H. G. Wells Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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YOUR VIEWS

[Readers are invited to make free use of this department. However, we must ask you to be brief, due to the limited space available.]

"If the devil suddenly materialized, horns, tail, hooves, brimstone and all, sneaking in at the midnight hour and sat down beside one of us ordinary disbelieving mortals--well, that's my own idea of a good weird story! Most stories react upon one rather distantly. They communicate merely a distant mental fear, and not a physical fear. If I were to choose the most entertaining book I have ever read, I would unquestionably name 'Seven Footprints to Satan' by A. Merritt. Just as unhesitatingly I would name him as the insuperable weird writer, since I have never experienced the physical fleshly cowardice of the preternatural, either in actual life or in imaginative reconstruction of fiction, more vividly than when I contacted Lucifer in person in that book. What is the best weird fiction narrative ever penned? Vote one from yours truly goes to 'Seven Footprints to Satan'."--J. Harvey Haggard

"Seabury Quinn is my favorite author for his clever little brain-child, Jules de Grandin. Bless his li'l heart--the monsieur can combine humor with work before one can bat an eyelash. Pouff!--the mystery is solved. The very manner the author uses in his writings suits me best of all--one is held in suspense until almost the end when a few brief explanations solve the whole riddle."--Gertrude Hemken.

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CLARK ASHTON SMITH present THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES--a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales--stories of exotic beauty, glamor, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL--a book of prose-poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California.

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Back Numbers of _The Fantasy Fan_: September, 20 cents (only a few left), October, November, December, January, February, March, April, 10 cents each.

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Classics of science fiction from old Argosies, Amazings, Wonders, Astoundings, Black Cats, etc. Isidore Manzon-ff, 684 Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

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The Editor will pay good prices for some very old issues of Weird Tales. If interested, send list and prices wanted.

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Features Articles, Stories, and Poetry by the foremost science and weird fiction authors. The oldest _fan_ magazine for lovers of fantasy fiction.

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