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 the magazine to avoid the same defect in other stories in the future. Every vote against Lochinvar Lodge was cast for the same reason: because the ending left too much to the reader's imagination.

The readers also picked out for condemnation Elwin J. Owens' story, Dead in Three Hours. "This is the kind of tale a three-year-old would call 'kinda scary'," writes Mildred R. Kaufmann, of Philadelphia. "The hero is cowardly," writes Grace L. McLoughlin, of Savona, New York. "There is no real motive for all the atrocities," writes Harold S. Farnese, of Los Angeles; "the story would be acceptable if one did not get the impression that it is weird merely for the sake of weirdness."

We hope you will continue to make full use of the coupons at the end of The Eyrie, not only to tell us what stories you like best, but also to let us know what stories you don't like, if any. That will give a great deal of help both to you, the readers, and to us, the publishers, in making more and more responsive to your liking. We think we know fairly well what kind of stories you like (the constant increase in the sales of the magazine shows that), but by your kindly help and criticism we want to make the magazine better and better, without a single weak story in any issue. That is our goal.

Mabel L. Pomeroy, of Corona, New York, asks for "more of the marvelous stories of Henry S. Whitehead. I can sit down now and visualize every one of his stories in " she adds. "Each one of them is altogether different from all the others, and each is a wonderful story which completely satisfies the reader." Several excellent tales by this author are in our hands for early publication in, and one of his stories appears in this issue.

"Powers' The Jungle Monsters is a ripsnortin' humdinger," writes Eli Colter, from Portland, Oregon. "Clever, well written, with the fine tang of humor and the salt of tears. If I were compelled to choose the best story in the March issue I'd have to draw straws between Powers' story and Wells' A Dream of Armageddon. But there isn't a poor story among the lists lately; everything stands up well worth reading."

Robert E. Howard, author of Wolfshead, suggests the old Norse sagas as a rich field for our series of reprints. "The Saga of Grettir the Outlaw," he writes, "while told in plain, almost homely language, reaches the peak of horror. You will recall the terrific, night-long battle between the outlaw and the vampire, who had himself been slain by the Powere of Darkness."

"Some of the authors whose stories appear in " writes John Pooley Wright, of St. Joseph, Missouri, "are worthy successors to Edgar Allan Poe, their stories surpassing Poe's, at least in my humble opinion. I was given a copy of to read during a recent illness. I had never realized the worth of the magazine before; but now I have contracted a new habit: reading

Writes E. H. Obermiller, of Chicago: "You are giving the young, hitherto obscure mystery writers, a chance at Poe's laurels, and the typical story is like American syncopation—afresh, virile, original, and not bound by conventions. I just finished reading the March issue, and it is the best in months."

Writes Harry R. Wallace, of Longview, Washington: "Your tales are so fine that when I get your magazine I can not stop reading until I have scoured it from cover to cover. Each month it seems better than the month