strange tales pulp magazine cover titled strange tales mystery terror pulp magazine published specialized fantasy weird fiction significant competitor leading magazine field published stories include wolves darkness work magazine ceased publication entered bankruptcy temporarily revived published issues edited publication history contents fantasy fiction appeared popular magazines prior twentieth century magazine genre appeared 1930s genre industry leader launched direct rival weird tales handful magazines seriously challenge leadership field edited edited super science begun publication previous year launched fantasy magazine like weird tales published science fiction stories unlike rival focus action stories strange ideas title originally planned strange stories published true strange stories challenged title forced change paid cents word higher rate weird tales result attracted better writers day received stories included wolves darkness contributed stories including return issue august appeared magazine later famous author conan stories sent stories stories rejected thing roof horror mound later appeared accepted people dark asking revisions published june issue howard sold valley lost appeared went bankrupt finally publication 1960s submitted stories early issue appeared work appeared trap ghost written appeared march issue letters comments contribute couldn guarantee immunity copy blue pencil unpublished letters clear stories atmospheric lacking action response dismissive subsequently letters cover art seven covers painted professional science fiction historian asserts published better material weird tales short run fellow historian regards close rival weird tales brought issues numbered edited contents included stories reprint devil story appeared details title strange tales mystery terror magazine title issue pages long priced equivalent seven issues divided volumes final volume single issue reprint anthology format titled appeared edited addition stories issues reprinted magazines edited mid-1960s early 1970s revival issues pages pages pages long respectively size increased issue small pulp size slightly larger format size pulp layout printed pulp paper reissued original magazines format issues chosen dated march october january
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