Out of the sea she came, this gloriously beautiful woman, to compass a weird revenge that had been too long delayed—a sage of Heldra the lovely, Heldra the wicked. The Sea-Witch is a short story by American writer Nictzin Dyalhis, first published in 1937 in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The story is set on the North Atlantic coast, where the narrator encounters Heldra after a violent storm, describing her as a gloriously beautiful yet enigmatic figure who speaks of Norse mythology, such as the sea god Ran.
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Not all tall tales are based in fiction.
The Ghoul and the Corpse is a short story by G. A. Wells that was first published in the March 1923 debut issue of Weird Tales. A man named Chris Bonner recounts finding a prehistoric humanoid, frozen for centuries in a glacier. After thawing, the creature comes to life and Bonner has to kill it, leading to a tale he tells to a fur trapper named MacNeal. 
The Mystery of Black Jean is a short story by Julian Kilman, first published in March 1923 in the inaugural issue of Weird Tales. The story is set in the Canadian Northwest and centers on Black Jean, a French-Canadian man described as six-feet-five tall with black, close-set eyes, a long thin mustache, and a hairy frame, who lives with two bears.
The Grave by Orville R. Emerson is a short story first published in the inaugural issue of Weird Tales magazine in March 1923. The story is set in Flanders during the final month of World War I, specifically on Christmas Day 1918, when two American soldiers discover a German officer's journal buried beneath the ruins of Mount Kemmel, a real site of brutal fighting. The journal recounts the harrowing experience of a German Ober-lieutenant who becomes trapped in a dugout after an artillery barrage collapses the entrance and a subsequent explosion seals the passageway to another bunker. Stranded in darkness with dwindling supplies, the soldier initially attempts to dig his way out, but the constant collapse of earth makes progress futile, leading to a descent into madness as he battles starvation, thirst, and the increasing presence of rats. 
The Ghost Guard by Bryan Irvine was first published in Weird Tales (1923). It's a ghost story and one of vengeance dealt from beyond the grave.
Hark! The Rattle! is a short story by Joel Townsley Rogers, first published in March 1923 in the inaugural issue of Weird Tales. It blends elements of crime, Gothic horror, mystery, psychological suspense, and the supernatural. The plot centers on Jerry Hammer, a man seeking justice for the murder of his sister, Ynecita, a famed dancer, whose body bears mysterious bite marks resembling fangs. The prime suspect is Tain Dirk, a man with yellow eyes and a demeanor likened to a rattlesnake, who had been absent from New York for three years after the murder. 
The curious narrative that follows was found among the papers of the late Dr. John Pedric, psychical investigator and author of occult works.
"The Dead Man's Tale" is a short story written by Willard E. Hawkins that was first published in the inaugural issue of Weird Tales in March 1923. It was the first to feature a narrative set during World War I, specifically the Second Battle of the Marne on July 24, 1918. The story is told from the first-person perspective of Richard Devaney, a soldier who was killed in action and finds himself as a ghost, unable to comprehend his own death. 
Beware the desirable.
"The Dakwa" is a short, horror story written by Manly Wade Wellman, featuring his occult investigator character, John Thunstone who goes up against ancient or dark forces. 
Three exceptional stories of mystery and horror by the authors: Hugh B. Cave, Basil A. Smith and Ray Russell
Ladies in Waiting is a short horror story written by Hugh B. Cave. A woman and her husband return to a vacant house that’s for sale. During their previous visit, they became trapped in the house by a bad snowstorm. When the husband, who had bad feelings about the place, left his wife in one of its rooms to try and free the car, he returned to find her in a a state of shock. She claimed she saw something, and the room contained a strange masculine smell. They are able to leave the following day, but several months later she begs him to return to the house. Reluctantly, he agrees. Upon arrival, it begins to seem the house itself wants them there. Mirror Mirror by Ray Russell is a short horror story. Alan has sold his soul to the devil in exchange for a mirror that can show him the future. The devil has tricked him: the mirror only depicts exactly what will happen in front of it exactly five seconds in the future. Alan exhibits it at a party to try to gain some notoriety, and learns about a hidden clause in his contract. The Scallion Stone by Basil A. Smith hints at a tentacled biological monster from the sea. It a story with a Lovecraftian flavor. 
The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. It follows Prince Prospero, who isolates himself and 1,000 nobles in a fortified abbey to escape the Red Death, a deadly plague marked by "sharp pains," "sudden dizziness," and "profuse bleeding at the pores," killing victims within half an hour. The story centers on a lavish masquerade ball where a mysterious figure dressed as a Red Death victim enters. An ebony clock in a black room chimes hourly, halting all revelry and reminding guests of time’s passage. The story concludes with the chilling line: "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." The story inspired a 1964 film by the same title starring Vincent Price.
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe, was published in 1844. The unnamed narrator suffers from catalepsy, which fuels his obsessive fear of being buried alive, —a common anxiety in the 19th century. Poe uses the theme to explore how obsession with death can destroy life, turning fear into a self-imposed prison. 
The classic horror story of an unspeakable being birthed into our dimension in the Massachusetts hamlet of Dunwich.
The Dunwich Horror is a cosmic horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1928 and first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales. Set in the fictional village of Dunwich, Massachusetts, the story centers on Wilbur Whateley, the son of Lavinia Whateley, a deformed and unstable albino, and an unknown father who is later revealed to be the entity Yog-Sothoth. Wilbur exhibits extreme precocity, maturing to manhood within a decade, and is shunned by locals due to his grotesque appearance and an unnatural, inhuman odor. His grandfather, Old Whateley, a sorcerer, indoctrinates him into dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. 
The Challenge from Beyond is a collaborative horror short story written in 1935 by H. P. Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Abraham Merritt. It was published in Fantasy Magazine in September 1935 and is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
The story is about George Campbell, a university professor on vacation in the Canadian woods, who discovers a peculiar, ancient crystal cube after being awakened by a nocturnal disturbance. The cube, smooth and perfectly formed despite its evident age, contains a disc inscribed with mysterious, wedge-shaped characters reminiscent of cuneiform writing. As Campbell investigates, the cube begins to emit a faint luminescence and produce ethereal sounds, drawing him into a hypnotic trance. He is eventually transported across space and time, arriving in an incorporeal state on the alien planet Yekub, where he inhabits the body of a creature named Tothe.  Two stories from masters of weird tales. Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
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What if you lived in a town, where you were the only one that knew that werewolves lived amongst everyone.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine in the April, May, and June 1925 issues. The story is set in Brooklyn, New York, in the mid-1920s and revolves around the widow of an Occultist, Portia Differdale, and Princess Tchernova, a wealthy and beautiful Russian werewolf. Both women desire the same man, Owen Edwardes. 
Suspenseful tales of what happens to souls caught between this world and the next. | Authors - J.W. Bennett, K.L. Soong and J.B. Powell | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Consequences for dark deeds come in many forms.
The Headless Horror by Robert Eugene Ulmer was first published in Weird Tales, 1925. Excerpt: "What makes my hand tremble so? You wonder why one so young should appear so old and haggard" And the gray in my hair—the lines of my face? Perhaps, too, you notice a furtive, hunted manner about my movements? Nervousness, my friends. You would like to hear about it?" Sea Curse by Robert E. Howard is a short story in Weird Tales, 1928. The story follows the grim tale of John Kulrek, a brutish sailor who mistreats the innocent girl of Moll Farrell, a woman rumored to be a witch. After Kulrek and his crony, Lie-lip Canool, return from sea, they encounter Moll, who curses Kulrek for the death of her niece.  Two werewolf stories by Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian and other famous characters. Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
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Some want revenge, if not in this life, then the next.
"The Digging at Pistol Key" is a short story by Carl Jacobi, first published in Weird Tales. The story is set in Trinidad and follows an Englishman who murders his houseboy in a fit of rage and subsequently fears that treasure-seekers may dig up the body from his yard. The narrative is noted for its blend of voodoo elements, foreign settings, and a sense of creeping dread. 
Two stories, both strange, wondrous and terrifying.
The Watcher in the Green Room by Hugh B. Cave tells the story of Anthony Kolitt who has been on a five-day drunk since his wife left him. For some reason he’s started talking to a large bureau in his room and neighbor Bellini, a psychic, warns him against his morbid obsession lest he thinks what he fears into reality. Ubbo-Sathla is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in Weird Tales in July 1933. It is part of Smith's Hyperborean Cycle. The story follows Paul Tregardis, a London antiquarian who purchases a mysterious milky crystal from a curio dealer. The crystal, said to have been found in Miocene-era Greenland, allows him to experience visions of the past—eventually merging his consciousness with that of Zon Mezzamalech, a long-dead Hyperborean sorcerer. Through the crystal, Tregardis journeys back to the dawn of Earth, encountering Ubbo-Sathla, a primordial, amorphous entity described as the "Unbegotten Source" and Demiurge. There is an association with the Cthulhu Mythos through references to The Book of Eibon. |
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