''Weird Tales #4'' is an
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edited by
Lin Carter, the fourth and last in his paperback revival of the classic
fantasy and
horror
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magazine ''
Weird Tales''. It was first published in paperback by
Zebra Books in 1983.
Summary
The book collects thirteen novelettes, short stories and poems by various fantasy authors, including both new works by various fantasy authors and reprints from authors associated with the original ''
Weird Tales'', together with an editorial and introductory notes to the individual pieces by the editor.
Contents
*"The Eyrie" (editorial) (
Lin Carter)
*"The Next Glade" (
Robert Aickman)
*"Crocuses" (
Charles Sheffield)
*"The Belfry" (
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)
*"There Are No Ghosts in Catholic Spain" (poem by
Ray Bradbury)
*"Homecoming" (
Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
*"Compliments of the Season" (
John Brizzolara
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*"The City of Dread" (
Lloyd Arthur Eshbach)
*"The Doom Chant of Than-Kul" (poem by
Robert E. Howard
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)
*"Save the Children! " (
Steve Rasnic Tem
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)
*"The Sea-Gods" (poem by
Clark Ashton Smith
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)
*"Ooze" (
Anthony M. Rud)
*"Late Night Final" (
Stuart H. Stock)
*"The Vengeance of Yig" (
Lin Carter)
External links
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1983 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
Horror anthologies
Lin Carter anthologies
Works originally published in Weird Tales
Zebra Books books
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