VOLUME 1 25 Cents NUMBER 3

_Contents for May, 1923_

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

THE MOON TERROR A. G. BIRCH 5 _A Remarkable Novel_

THE SECRET FEAR BY KENNETH DUANE WHIPPLE 22 _A “Creepy” Detective Story_

JUNGLE BEASTS WILLIAM P. BARRON 23 _A Complete Novelette_

THE GOLDEN CAVERNS JULIAN KILMAN 30 _A Condensed Novel_

VIALS OF INSECTS PAUL ELLSWORTH TRIEM 39 _Short Story_

AN EYE FOR AN EYE G. W. CRANE 49 _Short Story_

THE FLOOR ABOVE M. HUMPHREYS 52 _A Short Story with a Horrifying Climax_

PENELOPE VINCENT STARRETT 57 _A Fantastic Tale_

THE PURPLE HEART HERMAN SISK 61 _The Story of a Haunted Cabin_

FELINE BRUCE GRANT 62 _A Whimsical Storiette_

TWO HOURS OF DEATH E. THAYLES EMMONS 64 _A Ghost Story_

MIDNIGHT BLACK HAMILTON CRAIGIE 67 _Short Story_

THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS BULWER LYTTON 70 _An Old Masterpiece_

THE WHISPERING THING LAURIE McCLINTOCK AND CULPEPER CHUNN 78 _The Conclusion of a Frightful Mystery Novel_

THE DEATH CELL F. K. MOSS 85 _A Weird Short Story_

THE DEVIL PLANT LYLE WILSON HOLDEN 89 _A Story of Ghastly Retribution_

THE THUNDER VOICE F. WALTER WILSON 92 _The Story of a Hairy Monster_

CASE NO. 27 MOLLIE FRANK ELLIS 96 _A Few Minutes in a Madhouse_

THE FINALE WILLIAM MERRIT 99 _A Short Story_

THE CLOSED CABINET 101 _A Story of the Eighteenth Century_

THE EYRIE BY THE EDITOR 113

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