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GREYE LA SPINA|REYE LA SPINA werewolf serial, Invaders From the Dark, seems to have scored a ten-strike with the readers of, to judge by the letters that have poured in to The Eyrie (and the last installment has not yet reached the stands as these lines are written). "I think Invaders From the Dark is one of the most thrilling stories I have ever read," writes "A Constant Reader" from Washington, D. C.; "I can hardly wait until the June issue is out to read the next part." C. C. Sandison, of Denver, writes: "Invaders From the Dark is wonderful. As a story of the super¬natural it is even better than Dracula—though no werewolf story will ever overshadow The Phantom Farmhouse in my estimation: that;s the only one I ever read where the loup garou had human qualities—likable ones." Writes Miss Irene Taylor, of Birmingham, Alabama: "Is Greye La Spina a man or a woman? Never in my life have I read a story to equal Invaders From the Dark. It is a wonderful story. The horror of it, with a mystery that grips the very heart strings, makes it a story unusually worth reading. Please give us more stories by Greye La Spina, who is a most wonderful person."

As to the question asked by Miss Taylor—whether Greye La Spina is a man or a woman—we don't know whether the author will object or not, but we are going to "spill the beans." Greye La Spina is a woman. If you ask the editors of the various magazines whether a woman can write a thrilling tale of adventure and red-blooded action, they will tell you that some of the strongest "he-man" stories are written by women, under various male pen names. But Greye La Spina does not hide under a pen name; it so happens that Greye La Spina is her name in real life, as well as in the magazines for which she writes.

Since her werewolf serial has elicited such enthusiastic comment from you, the readers, we are going to start another three-part serial by Greye La Spina in the September number. This is a tale of devil-worship, called The Gargoyle, and it contains thrills a-plenty. Like Invaders From the Dark, it has a present-day American setting, and does not rely for its fascination upon far-off practises and strange customs of other lands and centuries.

Also, since Nictzin Dyalhis' unusual tale, When the Green Star Waned, in the April issue, has received more votes for favorite story than any other story has yet printed, we are going to publish a complete novelette by the same author—a tale that packs about as many thrills to the page as can well be put there. It is called The Eternal Conflict, and our manuscript readers were held fascinated in the grip of this writer's imagina-