WEIRD TALES APRIL 1937

by Edmond Hamilton

Weird Tales By Robert E. Howard

Genres: Short Stories, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Adventure, Poetry, Science Fiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 1937

About the author

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14--but washed out at 17. He was the Golden Age writer who worked on Batman, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and many sci-fi books.

Reviews

[Bill Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first WT of 2025 cover-dated April 1936. Jack Williamson's mediocre "The Ruler of Fate" earns a minor Brundage cover. Inside, The Hour of the Dragon wraps up with an ending weak compared to most of what has gone before. It is still a fine fantasy novel.

My favorite story in the issue is "The Face in the Wind," by Carl Jacobi, absent from the magazine for some months but back strong here with a nightmarish tale of an old wall and the unspeakable thing it keeps in check. Bloch's "Druidic Doom" is good stuff too. Arlton Eadie's posthumous "Son of Satan," a tale of sorcery in Venice, starts strong but flags. Derleth and Schorer's "They Shall Rise" is passable. Filler includes Chandler H. Whipple's "The Call in the Night" and Ronal Kayser's "The Seance" -- the worst story in the issue.

[Forked Radish]

"The Toad Idol" by Kirk Mashburn: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Stoned from a toad the author hallucinates a stone toad stoning.
"Anton's Last Dream" by Edwin Baird: ⭐️🐟: A pointless exorcize. I mean why bother if you didn't intend to escape?
"Forest of Evil" by John Murray Reynolds:

[Giallo Julian · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘Piecemeal’ by Oscar Cook — Yeesh. Toxic much?