Amazing Stories, Vol. 3, No. 7

About this issue

This issue features five science fiction stories. "The Menace of Mars" by Clare Winger Harris depicts threats from the red planet. "To the Moon by Proxy" by J. Schlossel describes a protagonist named Emil whose mechanical proxy undergoes testing, including combat with a lion, before a lunar journey. "The Skylark of Space" (Part III of III) by Edward Elmer Smith in collaboration with Lee Hawkins Garby concludes the serial. "Reprisal" by Thomas Richard Jones and "The Voyage to Kemptonia" by E. H. Scott complete the fiction offerings. The cover illustration depicts a scene from the Schlossel story showing the armored proxy straddling a lion. The magazine also features preview content for upcoming stories: "The World at Bay," an interplanetary tale employing fourth-dimensional travel; "The Ananias Gland" about glandular determination of truthfulness; "The Psychophonic Nurse" by David H. Keller, M.D.; and "The Eye of the Vulture" by Walter Kateley, exploring animal vision beyond human spectrum perception.