Magazine of Horror, No. 14

# Magazine of Horror, Volume 3, Number 2 (Winter)

This issue features novelets and short stories across fantastical and macabre themes. Derleth and Schorer's "The Lair of the Star-Spawn" presents a discovered document from an archaeologist's expedition to Burma, referencing a mysterious plateau and a village doctor. S. Fowler Wright's "Proof" concerns the pursuit of knowledge through unconventional means. Mary Wilkins-Freeman's "The Vacant Lot" depicts psychological torment—a man's prolonged struggle against something that resists all efforts to overcome it, driving him to madness across seasons of futile experimentation. Hamilton's "The Monster-God of Mamurth" describes an archaeologist discovered dying in the North African desert, warning others to avoid the Igidi Desert, claiming it harbors secrets best left undisturbed. The issue includes reprints of classic material and maintains departments for editor commentary and reader correspondence.