Weird Tales Project: 1943

Robert Bloch.  August Derleth.  Henry Kuttner.  Ray Bradbury.  David H. Keller.  Hannes Bok.  Edmond Hamilton.  These are the names we associate with the McIlwraith era of Weird Tales, and these are names that dominate the 1943 issues of WT I have just finished exploring.  As you perhaps know, I have sworn a vow to unnamable powers to read at least one story from every issue of Weird Tales, and have been putting up a post for each complete year for which I have made good on this inexplicable obligation.  So, before a list of links to each of my blog posts about a 1943 Weird Tales story, please find links to posts cataloging my readings for earlier years.  Thank you, and on to 1944!

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January

David H. Keller:                     "Bindings Deluxe"

Robert Bloch:                         "The Eager Dragon"

August Derleth:                      "McElwin's Glass"

Mary Elizabeth Counselman: "Seventh Sister"    

March

Ray Bradbury:   "The Wind"

August Derleth: "No Light for Uncle Henry"

Henry Kuttner:  "Under Your Spell"

Robert Bloch:    "A Bottle of Gin" 

Robert Arthur:   "The Book and the Beast" 

May

J. Schuyler Miller: "John Cawder's Wife"

August Derleth:     "A Wig for Miss DeVore"

Stanton Coblenz:   "The Labyrinth of Glass"

Ray Bradbury:       "The Crowd"  

July

Ray Bradbury:                                                    "The Scythe"

Robert Bloch:                                                     "Yours, Truly--Jack the Ripper"

Otis Adelbert Kline and Frank Belknap Long:  "Return of the Undead" 

September

Fredric Brown:          "The Geezenstacks"

Robert Bloch:            "The Black Barter"

August Derleth:         "Baynter's Imp"

Ralph Milne Farley:  "Wings of Death" 

November

Edmond Hamilton:        "The Valley of the Assassins"

Manly Wade Wellman:  "The Third Cry of Legba"

Ray Bradbury:               "The Ducker"

August Derleth:             "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"