People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction

The planet of Dread

VOL. III, No. 2 CONTENTS AUGUST, 1930
COVER DESIGN
H. W. WESSOLOWSKI
 
 
Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in "The Planet of Dread."
 
 
THE PLANET OF DREAD
R. F. STARZL
 
147
A Stupid Blunder—and Mark Forepaugh Faces a Lifetime of Castaway Loneliness in the Savage Welter of the Planet Inra's Monster-ridden Jungles.
 
 
THE LORD OF SPACE
VICTOR ROUSSEAU
 
158
A Black Caesar Had Arisen on Eros—and All Earth Trembled at His Distant Menace.
 
 
THE SECOND SATELLITE
EDMOND HAMILTON
 
175
Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human Cows of Earth's Second Satellite. (A Novelet.)
 
 
SILVER DOME
HARL VINCENT
 
192
In Her Deep-buried Kingdom of Theros, Phaestra Reveals the Amazing Secret of the Silver Dome.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
 
210
Deep in the Gnome-infested Tunnels of the Moon, Sarka and Jaska Are Brought to Luar the Radiant Goddess Against Whose Minions the Marauding Earth Had Struck in Vain. (Part Two of a Three-Part Novel.)
 
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
 
237
Bell Has Fought through Tremendous Obstacles to Find and Kill The Master, Whose Diabolical Poison Makes Murder-mad Snakes of the Hands; and, as He Faces the Monster at Last—His Own Hands Start to Writhe! (Conclusion.)
 
 
THE FLYING CITY
H. THOMPSON RICH
 
260
From Space Came Cor's Disc-city of Vada—Its Mighty, Age-old Engines Weakening— Its Horde of Dwarfs Hungry for the Earth!
 
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
 
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Readers Corner

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
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Murder Madness 14

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
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Murder Madness 13

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
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Murder Madness 12

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
134
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
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Murder Madness 11

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
134
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
Complete HP Lovecraft 
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A STAR THAT BREATHES

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
134
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
Complete HP Lovecraft 
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The Power & the Glory

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
134
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
Complete HP Lovecraft 
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The Forgotten Planet II

The Forgotten Planet

BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER
CAPT. S. P. MEEK
5
For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their Way—Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.
 
 
EARTH, THE MARAUDER
ARTHUR J. BURKS
18
Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth—A Marauding Planet Bent on Starry Conquest.(Beginning a Three-part Novel.)
 
 
FROM AN AMBER BLOCK
TOM CURRY
50
A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey.
 
 
THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX
HARL VINCENT
62
From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth.(A Novelet.)
 
 
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT
88
The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to Be, Forever, a Leper of Space.
 
 
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
CHARLES W. DIFFIN
104
Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil the Greater Path to Glory.
 
MURDER MADNESS
MURRAY LEINSTER
109
More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible "Murder Madness" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide of a Continent's Utter Enslavement.(Part Three of a Four-part Novel.)
 
THE READERS' CORNER
ALL OF US
134
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
Complete HP Lovecraft 
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Miskatonic River Valley/Miskatonic University

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