Century Read: Weird Tales Magazine exactly 100 years ago!

Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?

We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!

• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Theophile Gautier: "Hermonthis, Princess of Egypt, Returns for Her Lost Foot."
• THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S, by C. Franklin Miller: "The Wolf-man Comes to his Senses Through a Terrible Crime."
• THE YELLOW SPECTRE, by Stewart Van der Veer: "Old Spanish Prison — a Terrified Bride — the Ghost of a Chinaman (sic)."
• THE GLACIER LODE, by Strickland Gillilan: "Soapy Sam was Balmy, so His Friends Thought."

Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?

We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!

• THE VENGEANCE OF INDIA, by Seabury Quinn: "Graveyard Tale of Hypnotism, and Corpses that Rise in the Night."
• THE PHANTOM DRUG, by A.W. Kapfer: "Document Found in the Burned Ruins of an Insane Asylum."
• THE HOUSE IN THE WILLOWS, by Sewell Peaslee Wright: "A Rational Ghost-story."
• DUVAL'S WEIRD EXPERIMENT, by F. Williams Sarles: "Eery Tale of a Scientist's Attempt to Pierce the Veil."

• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Theophile Gautier: "Hermonthis, Princess of Egypt, Returns for Her Lost Foot."
• THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S, by C. Franklin Miller: "The Wolf-man Comes to his Senses Through a Terrible Crime."
• THE YELLOW SPECTRE, by Stewart Van der Veer: "Old Spanish Prison — a Terrified Bride — the Ghost of a Chinaman (sic)."
• THE GLACIER LODE, by Strickland Gillilan: "Soapy Sam was Balmy, so His Friends Thought."

Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?

We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!

• OUT OF THE MISTS OF TIME, by William Benton Frazier: "A Terrible Doom Rolled out from the Fogs of Antiquity."
• KNIGHTS OF THE RED OWL, by Elwin J. Owens: "A Portly Businessman Undergoes a Wild Night of Terror."
• THE DERELICT MINE, PART 1, by Frank A. Mochnant: "Three-part Mystery Serial, Which Rises to a Ghastly Climax."
• TEETH, by Galen C. Colin: "Old Ling Foo Plans a Terrible Revenge on his Daughter's Lover."

• THE VENGEANCE OF INDIA, by Seabury Quinn: "Graveyard Tale of Hypnotism, and Corpses that Rise in the Night."
• THE PHANTOM DRUG, by A.W. Kapfer: "Document Found in the Burned Ruins of an Insane Asylum."
• THE HOUSE IN THE WILLOWS, by Sewell Peaslee Wright: "A Rational Ghost-story."
• DUVAL'S WEIRD EXPERIMENT, by F. Williams Sarles: "Eery Tale of a Scientist's Attempt to Pierce the Veil."

Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?

We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!

• WOLFSHEAD, by Robert E. Howard: "An Evil Something Wrought Frightful Death."
• THE OUTSIDER, by H.P. Lovecraft: "An Outre Masterpiece — One of the Strangest Stories Ever Written."
• THE CONTRA-TALISMAN, by George Ballard Bowers: "A Tale of Filipino Superstition — and an Anting-Anting."
• THE HOODED DEATH, by Joel Martin Nichols Jr.: "Two Milk-White Cobras Guard the Jewels of the Temple."

• OUT OF THE MISTS OF TIME, by William Benton Frazier: "A Terrible Doom Rolled out from the Fogs of Antiquity."
• KNIGHTS OF THE RED OWL, by Elwin J. Owens: "A Portly Businessman Undergoes a Wild Night of Terror."
• THE DERELICT MINE, PART 1, by Frank A. Mochnant: "Three-part Mystery Serial, Which Rises to a Ghastly Climax."
• TEETH, by Galen C. Colin: "Old Ling Foo Plans a Terrible Revenge on his Daughter's Lover."

Welcome to our FOURTH prequel episode!

On this fourth episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Cthonian Finn J.D. John and Darksome Marcus Axford continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!

It's DARKSOME MARCUS's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:

MASK OF THE RED DEATH

by EDGAR ALLAN POE

(published on Page 360 of this issue; reading by Darksome Marcus)

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After that comes the episode's featured poem:

THE RUTTED ROAD

by H.P. LOVECRAFT

(Reading by Cthonian Finn)

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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!

Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics (and, in this episode, a "lucky ring" that seems obviously intended to be worn on ... er ... a gentleman's nether appendage) all available through the mail (in plain brown wrappers, no doubt).

Join us!

(This episode is the FOURTH of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)

Welcome to our THIRD episode!

On this third episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!

It's CTHONIAN FINN's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:

DR. JERBOT'S LAST EXPERIMENT

by GRANVILLE S. HOSS

(published on Page 374 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)

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After that comes the episode's featured poem:

ASTARTE

by E. HOFFMAN PRICE

(published on Page 419 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)

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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!

Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.

Join us!

(This episode is the THIRD of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)

Welcome to our SECOND prequel episode!

On the second episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!

It's CYCLOPEAN KRIS's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:

A Dream of Armageddon

by H.G. Wells

(published on Page 337 of this issue; reading by Cyclopean Kris)

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After that comes the episode's featured poem:

THE INLAND SEA

by FRANK BELKNAP LONG

(published on Page 364 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)

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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!

Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.

Join us!

(This episode is the SECOND of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)

(This episode is the SECOND of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)

Welcome to our FIRST PREQUEL EPISODE!

And because it’s coming out on the 109th anniversary of the death of Weird Tales’ most famous regular writer, H.P. Lovecraft, we’re kind of turning this first episode into a memorial for HPL.

On this Inceptional episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John introduce themselves and commence their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!

Non-Euclidian Kris starts us off with one of his favourite H.P. Lovecraft stories from the pages of Weird Tales — HPL didn’t have any stories in the March 1926 issue, so Kris picked the most influential one (in our opinions) from earlier issues:

DAGON

by H.P. LOVECRAFT

(published in the October 1923 issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)

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After that comes the episode's featured poem:

NEMESIS

by H.P. LOVECRAFT

(published in the April 1924 issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)

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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!

Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.

Join us!

(This episode is the FIRST of FOUR prequel episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)