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VOLUME XII

Published monthly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second-class matter March 20, 1923, at the post office at Indianapolis, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Single copies, 25 cents. Subscription, $2.50 a year in the United States; $3.00 a year in Canada. English office: Charles Lavell, 13, Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet Street, E. C. 4, London. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts, although every care will be taken of such material while in their possession. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced either wholly or in part without permission from the publishers.

NOTE—All manuscripts and communications should be addressed to the publishers' Chicago office at 450 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Ill, FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Editor.

Cover Design - C. C. Senf

Illustrating a scene in "The Mystery in Acatlan"

The Eyrie 580

A chat with the readers

The Mystery in Acatlan - Rachael Marshall, Maverick Terrell 582

It happened in Acatlan, and the horror of it drove the American to seek forgetfulness in strange drugs

The Polar Doom Edmond Hamilton 589

From under the polar ice a horror out of long-dead ages is loosed upon the world to spread terror and destruction

The Head From Ecuador - Robert Lee Heiser 608

The sight of that shriveled head and red hair, with the tattoo-marks he knew so well, was too much for Dan Hack

Flame of the Ages - Robert Choate Albright 616

Shabad Nagaur, high priest of the Fire Temple of Oudh, let the sacred flame expire on the altar

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