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 tales. My delight is in the kind that raises your hair, chills your spine and makes your knees knock all at the same time. Would suggest you procure nurses for those wretched people who want you to drop from the standard that makes it the outstanding magazine that it is. Would like to shake hands with M. H. Wender of Oak Hill, West Virginia. He is a man after my own heart, one who speaks straight from the shoulder."

"I surely hope you don't discontinue printing weird stories in the magazine," writes Carl Ballard, of Danville, Virginia. "This is the only magazine that prints the kind of stories I like."

And Douglas Tunsberg, of Chicago, writes: "Hurrah for weird tales that are weird! If some people want them different, let them read some of Burgess' Bedtime Stories. When the Green Star Waned is the best story in your April issue."

Writes Elsie Ellis, of New York: "May I mention my delight in the continued quality of Weird Tales and indicate my appreciation of their consistency? And yet the story of the last three months which sticks in my mind most noticeably is Henry Whitehead's The Thin Match, which wasnt weird at all. That shows someone's on the job."

Lieutenant W. J. Stamper, of the Marine Corps, writes from San Diego, California: "I have just finished reading the April issue of and must cast my vote for The Lure of Atlantis. I can truthfully say that I enjoyed this story more than any you have yet published. If I had a second choice it would most certainly be When the Green Star Waned. For singularity of conception it simply takes the candy."

Writes L. A. Jacq Pomprein, of Detroit: "I have read your stories until I almost believe them. They are without doubt the most unusual since the imperial Poe enlightened the dull world with his horrifying tales. The Lure of Atlantis, The Soul-Catching Cord and Invaders From the Dark are the headliners of the latest issue. Give us more poems from Francis Hard."

Clifford Andresen, of Anamosa, Iowa, writes: "I have been buying for at least six months, and I think it is the best magazine of that kind of stories out. I shall keep on taking it as long as it appears on the news stands."

Avonne Taylor and Theresa Johnson write from Richmond, Indiana, as follows: "In reading, we have come to the conclusion that it is one of the best and most unusual magazines ever published. As to changing the stories, we say absolutely do not, because the more weird the better. And let's have some more stories like The Composite Brain."

Since the readers of liked The Lure of Atlantis so well, we are going to print a two-part serial by the same author, Joel Martin Nichols, Jr.—a story called The Devil-Ray, that is fully guaranteed to send the chills chasing each other up and down your back. This story will appear very soon.

The readers' favorite story in the April issue, as expressed in letters to The Eyrie, is When the Green Star Waned, by Nictzin Dyalhis. Other stories ran high in the poll, but at the time of going to press Mr. Dyalhis' story has twice as many votes as its nearest competitor, which is The Lure of Atlantis, by Joel Martin Nichols, Jr.

We have but one way of knowing what stories you like, so that we can give you more of the same type, and that is by the letters we receive from you, the readers. What is your favorite story in the present issue? Address your letter to The Eyrie,, 317 Baldwin Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, and let us know which stories you like best.