Weird Tales, Vol. 12 No. 3

# Catalog Note: Weird Tales, September 1928

This issue features diverse weird fiction across multiple genres. "The Devil-Plant" by John Murray Reynolds depicts a botanist's horrific creation in the Amazon jungle—more animal than plant. Arthur J. Burks contributes the first installment of "Invisible Threads," a two-part occult story of psychic vengeance. Seabury Quinn's "Body and Soul" presents Jules de Grandin, the detective protagonist, confronting supernatural danger. "The Owl on the Moor" by Marc R. Schorer and A. W. Derleth concerns mysterious deaths on a desolate landscape. "The Dogs of Salem" by David H. Keller treats Colonial-era witchcraft accusations, while Nictzin Dyalhis offers "The Oath of Hul Jok," featuring conflict with alien warlords. Clark Ashton Smith's "The Ninth Skeleton" presents a macabre tale of grotesque apparitions. Edmond Hamilton concludes "Crashing Suns," a two-part far-future narrative of cosmic destruction. Also included: reprinted Bram Stoker story "The Burial of the Rats," essays on folklore, and verse.