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Rh story, The Horror on the Links, kept me hanging in suspense to the end, with a creepy chill up and down my back. But, dear editor, don't spoil your magazine with humorous tales like The Wicked Flea. Your magazine stands for the creepy, hair-raising stories, so please keep it that way. Give us more werewolf stories like The Werewolf of Ponkert—that was a winner."

R. P. Reebel, of Edinburgh, Pennsylvania, writes to The Eyrie: "To my mind the best story I have ever read in your magazine, in fact I might say the best story I have ever read, was The Wind That Tramps the World, by Frank Owen. I think this story deserves to live; in fact it is a classic. That one story, short as it was, was worth the price of a year's subscription to ." The story appeared in last April's issue.

Harry Reade, of Easton, Pennsylvania, writes to The Eyrie: "Give us some more stories of adventures under the sea, on other planets, or in strange, out-of-the-way places on the earth, like The Lure of Atlantis in last April's issue, Planet Paradise, and The Sunken Land. I enjoy this kind of story more than any other. Don't forget, also, a few more scientific tales like B. Wallis's The Abysmal Horror."

Greye La Spina, herself a popular writer of weird tales, writes from Brooklyn: "Can not help sending you a line to tell you how fine I consider the December issue. It is one of the best, if not. the best, you've put out yet. The magazine gets better as it grows older. Mr. Quinn's story is corking. Lieutenant Burks' story is deeply touching, and a most original conception. Mr. Long has created a horrible monster in The Sea Thing, and made it appear logical, which is a feat. Mr. Colter, with The Deadly Amanita, has touched on mental processes with great delicacy and sureness. Mr. H. G. Wells is an established writer, but I do not think he stands out in this issue of any more than do these other writers of less prominence, which is saying something. Congratulations."

H. P. Lovecraft, another favorite author, writes: "I have lately read your December issue, and believe the general qualitative level is kept commendably high—we don't find any of the frank crudities that marked the earlier issues. Long's The Sea Thing strikes me as the best tale, with Owen's The Fan as a good second."

Helen L. Keys, of New York City, writes: "I am a great admirer of your magazine and the stories you publish. Most editors seem to fear to give their readers an unusual or gruesome story. You are to be congratulated on your courage. The name of H. G. Wells on the cover caught my attention this month and I bought your magazine. I found several stories equal to or better than the Wells story. Mr. Quinn|'s long story was fine, and also . And what a horrible, gruesome, wonderful story was Please give us more by Mr. Quinn and Mr. Long."

Carl F. Ester, of San Francisco, writes to The Eyrie: "As a constant reader of, I beg to take this liberty and your valuable time to thank you for your delightful stories in the past and the ones to come. But of all stories I ever read, the one I most appreciated is the one by Lieutenant Arthur J. Burks in the December issue: When the Graves Were Opened, the most perfect, clear, clean and mystifying story I have read for many days. and here is one reader's appreciation of it in that I wish the author all success possible, and may he continue this kind of writing."

Walter Sammis, of Placerville, California, writes: "Honest, I don't know what I would do if! did not have W. T. to look forward to each month.