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140 and pick out stories here and there, but start at the first one and read through. My favorite authors are H. P. Lovecraft, Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn and Arthur J. Burks. For Weird Story Reprints I suggest The Rats in the Walls."

"I have found in a 'Paradise Lost,' [sic] writes Jan Guenther, of Evansville, Indiana. "By nature inclined toward a fascination for the bizarre and unusual, I found myself dissatisfied with the usual run of magazines, but by chance formed an acquaintance with your magazine, an acquaintance that has ripened into a fervent friendship. The stories you publish are all that could be desired by the most skeptical. I have read through all of Poe's works several times, and I think The Outsider in the April ranks with his best."

Mrs. Clara Gervais, of Chicago, writes: is the only periodical I never miss. I am a busy mother of three small children and have not much time to read, but before the first of the month I get very impatient for to arrive. The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee, in the May issue, was wonderful. From its easy, homely beginning it wended its way through a series of horrors, and was not a bit forced in the whole story. The ending was most satisfactory, and I am glad the hero did not die as I expected. The author proves that a story can be weird and not leave a bad taste in the mouth."

Writes B. E. Conrad, of Columbus, Ohio: "Congratulations! Your May issue is wonderful. The Confession of a Madman is great; it's one of the best stories ever in . Hail to James Cocks, its author!"

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