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| This newsletter is dedicated to all those early and wonderful writers who pioneered Weird Tales magazine with their imaginative stories of Horror, Monsters, and Space Epics. This is how they got started; this is how they made a meager living writing about strange new worlds. Turn your imagination loose and discover how all your beloved authors got started. |
Famous authors who contributed to Weird Tales often faced financial challenges. Many, including H. P. Lovecraft, were not able to support themselves solely through their writing. They primarily earned income from publishing in pulp magazines, which typically paid low rates for stories.
Weird Tales magazine is renowned for featuring several iconic authors who shaped the genre of supernatural horror and fantasy.
Notable Authors:
H.P. Lovecraft: A central figure in weird fiction, known for his cosmic horror and the Cthulhu Mythos.
Robert E. Howard: Creator of Conan the Barbarian, he contributed many stories that blended fantasy and horror.
Ray Bradbury: Although primarily known for his science fiction, he also published works in Weird Tales.
Seabury Quinn: Famous for his Jules de Grandin stories, which focused on supernatural detective tales.
Weird Tales has been instrumental in launching the careers of these authors and popularizing the supernatural horror genre.
Weird Tales was an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18.[1] The first editor, Edwin Baird, printed early work by H. P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn, and Clark Ashton Smith, all of whom went on to be popular writers, but within a year, the magazine was in financial trouble. Henneberger sold his interest in the publisher, Rural Publishing Corporation, to Lansinger, and refinanced Weird Tales, with Farnsworth Wright as the new editor. The first issue to list Wright as editor was dated November 1924. The magazine was more successful under Wright, and despite occasional financial setbacks, it prospered over the next 15 years. Under Wright's control, the magazine lived up to its subtitle, "The Unique Magazine", and published a wide range of unusual fiction.
Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos stories first appeared in Weird Tales, starting with "The Call of Cthulhu" in 1928. These were well-received, and a group of writers associated with Lovecraft wrote other stories set in the same milieu. Robert E. Howard was a regular contributor, and published most of his Conan the Barbarian stories in the magazine, and Seabury Quinn's series of stories about Jules de Grandin, a detective who specialized in cases involving the supernatural, was very popular with the readers. Other well-liked authors included Nictzin Dyalhis, E. Hoffmann Price, Robert Bloch, and H. Warner Munn. Wright published some science fiction, along with the fantasy and horror, partly because when Weird Tales was launched, no magazines were specializing in science fiction, but he continued this policy even after the launch of magazines such as Amazing Stories in 1926. Edmond Hamilton wrote a good deal of science fiction for Weird Tales, though after a few years, he used the magazine for his more fantastic stories and submitted his space operas elsewhere.
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| | | Monster Prophecy (18+) Submission for Weird Tales. Nothing to go on except the title. Contest entry |
| |  | Lamia (GC) A twisted tale of a demon's magic. Winner of the December 2016 Weird Tales contest. |
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