Contents for March, 1923

The Mystery of Black Jean	Julian Kilman	41
A story of blood-curdling realism, with a smashing surprise at the end.
The Grave	Orville R. Emerson	47
A soul-gripping story of terror.
Hark! The Rattle!	Joel Townsley Rogers	53
An uncommon tale that will cling to your memory for many a day.
The Ghost Guard	Bryan Irvine	59
A “spooky” tale with a grim background.
The Ghoul and the Corpse	G. A. Wells	65
An amazing yarn of weird adventure in the frozen North.
Fear	David R. Solomon	73
Showing how fear can drive a strong man to the verge of insanity.
The Place of Madness	Merlin Moore Taylor	89
What two hours in a prison “solitary” did to a man.
The Closing Hand	Farnsworth Wright	98
A brief story powerfully written.
The Unknown Beast	Howard Ellis Davis	100
An unusual tale of a terrifying monster.
The Basket	Herbert J. Mangham	106
A queer little story about San Francisco.
The Accusing Voice	Meredith Davis	110
The singular experience of Allen Defoe.
The Sequel	Walter Scott Story	119
A new conclusion to Edgar Allen Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado.”
The Weaving Shadows	W. H. Holmes	122
Chet Burke’s strange adventures in a haunted house.
Nimba, the Cave Girl	R. T. M. Scott	131
An odd, fantastic little story of the Stone Age.
The Young Man Who Wanted to Die	???	135
An anonymous author submits a startling answer to the question, “What comes after death?”
The Scarlet Night	William Sanford	140
A tale with an eerie thrill.
The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni	Joseph Faus and James Bennett Wooding	143
An eccentric doctor creates a frightful living thing.
The Return of Paul Slavsky	Capt. George Warburton Lewis	150
A “creepy” tale that ends in a shuddering, breath-taking way.
The House of Death	F. Georgia Stroup	156
The strange secret of a lonely woman.
The Gallows	I. W. D. Peters	161
An out-of-the-ordinary story.
The Skull	Harold Ward	164
A grim tale with a terrifying end.
The Ape-Man	James B. M. Clark, Jr.	169
A Jungle tale that is somehow “different.”

THREE UNUSUAL NOVELETTES

The Dead Man’s Tale	Willard E. Hawkins	7
An astounding yarn that will hold you spellbound and make you breathe fast with a new mental sensation.
Ooze	Anthony M. Rud	19
A Remarkable short novel by a master of “gooseflesh” fiction.
The Chain	Hamilton Craigie	77
Craigie is at his best here.

A STRANGE NOVEL IN TWO PARTS

The Thing of a Thousand Shapes	Otis Adelbert Kline	32
Don’t start this story late at night.
THE EYRIE	THE EDITOR	180

Also a number of odd facts and queer fancies, crowded in for good measure

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