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 end. It is a curious fact, but did anyone ever notice what the usual outcome of the short stories is? Nine out of ten times the character is killed off in some eery method, but it does make the story more effective. I notice that John Russell Fearn has finally decided to write weird fiction, and I believe he will become one of the masters."

Jack Johnson, of Philadelphia, writes: "I notice with highest pleasure J. Allen St. John's cover drawing for Howard's yarn, The Fire of Asshurbanipal. Again I repeat that St. John's drawings are much weirder than Brundage's. I've often wondered what Brundage would be like in an inside illustration I can hardly wait to see what Finlay looks like on the cover. The best story in the issue was H. P. Lovecraft's weird tale, The Haunter of the Dark. The Woman at Loon Point vies with Howard's yarn for second place Fearn's debut in seems to me to be highly successful. His tale takes third place. Here's hoping that this new author writes other equally good stories for future issues of WT."

Sylvanus K. Post, of West Palm Beach, Florida, writes: "I am writing this to you in the hopes that you will receive what I say in the same spirit in which it is sent—that of constructive suggestions for the betterment of your magazine. First, let me say that your new artist Virgil Finlay is what induces me to write to you; having such a marvelous artist, you ought to take full advantage and do marvelous things with him. I think the nude figure he drew for the December number in the story Out of the Sun is one of the most charming things I have ever seen done anywhere, and I have been collecting nudes as things of beauty for a long time, from every source possible. This nude was what induced me to buy the magazine. It is the smoothness of Virgil's work that is so attractive. Second, all of your stories should be of the general type of Out of the Sun; I do not mean to interfere with your policy, but stories of astral possession and werewolfery are somewhat worn out by now. I can assure you that I for one would buy more of your magazines if I could be sure that most of your stories would not be about werewolves or vampires of the