Weird Tales, Vol. 6, No. 5

About this issue

This November 1925 issue of Weird Tales contains nine complete stories and two serials spanning supernatural and science fiction genres. H. G. Wells contributes "The Stolen Body," concerning possession; Arthur Leeds offers "The Return of the Undead," a vampire tale set in a hospital; Edward Lucas White's "Lukundoo" explores African pygmy folklore. Additional stories include Arthur J. Burks's "Vale of the Corbies" (ravens), William Sanford's "Midnight Realism" (phantom suicide), Gordon Philip England's "The Acid in the Laboratory" (physician's cruelty), Louise Garwood's "Candle-Light" (grave return), Hamilton Craigie's "The Man-Trap" (carnivorous plant), and P. Douglas McHenry's "The Seventh Devil" (brain transplantation into gorilla). W. Elwyn Backus begins a four-part Martian voyage serial, "The Waning of a World." Greye La Spina concludes her devil-worship serial "The Gargoyle." The issue includes reprints of Oscar Wilde's "The Young King" and works by Walt Whitman and Poe, plus Dick Heine's "The Fiend of the Seine."