presents serial archive listings for

Weird Tales

Weird Tales was an American magazine of fantasy and horror fiction. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Weird Tales began in 1923. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is April 1930 (v. 15 no. 4). The first actively copyright-renewed contribution is from June 1929 (v. 13 no. 6). (More details) The original incarnation of the magazine ran until 1954. Various other publishers have revived the title since the 1970s. The last incarnation appears to have ceased publication in 2014.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1923: Project Gutenberg has illustrated transcriptions of the first four issues. They may add more in the future.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 1, number 1, dated March 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 1, number 2, dated April 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 1, number 3, dated May 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 1, number 4, dated June 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 2, number 1, dated July-August 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 2, number 2, dated September 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 2, number 3, dated October 1923.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 2, number 4, dated November 1923.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 3, number 1, dated January 1924.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 3, number 2, dated February 1924.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 3, number 3, dated March 1924.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 3, number 4, dated April 1924.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 4, number 2, dated May-June-July 1924. (There appears to have been no Volume 4, number 1.)
• 1924-1925: HathiTrust has volume 4 number 3 through volume 5 number 2 bound together, covering November 1924 through February 1925.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 4, number 3, dated November 1924.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 4, number 4, dated December 1924. The last couple of pages are missing from this copy.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 1, dated January 1925.
• 1925: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Festival by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the January 1925 issue.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 2, dated February 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 3, dated March 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 4, dated April 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 5, dated May 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 5, number 6, dated June 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 1, dated July 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 2, dated August 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 3, dated September 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 4, dated October 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 5, dated November 1925.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 6, dated December 1925.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 1, dated January 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 2, dated February 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 3, dated March 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 4, dated April 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 5, dated May 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 6, dated June 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 1, dated July 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 2, dated August 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 3, dated September 1926.
• 1926: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of He by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the September 1926 issue.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 4, dated October 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 5, dated November 1926.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 8, number 6, dated December 1926.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 1, dated January 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 2, dated February 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 3, dated March 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 4, dated April 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 5, dated May 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 6, dated June 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 1, dated July 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 2, dated August 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 3, dated September 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 3, dated September 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 4, dated October 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 5, dated November 1927.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 6, dated December 1927.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 1, dated January 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 2, dated February 1928.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the February 1928 issue.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has a transcription of The Dream Snake by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the February 1928 issue.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 3, dated March 1928.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has a transcription of The Hyena by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the March 1928 issue.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 4, dated April 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 5, dated May 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 11, number 6, dated June 1928.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the June 1928 issue.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 1, dated July 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 2, dated August 1928.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Red Shadows by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the August 1928 issue.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 3, dated September 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 4, dated October 1928.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 5, dated November 1928.
• 1928: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Last Test by Adolphe Danziger, which appeared in the November 1928 issue.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 12, number 6, dated December 1928.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 13, number 1, dated January 1929.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Silver Key by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the January 1929 issue.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Skulls in the Stars by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the January 1929 issue.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 13, number 2, dated February 1929.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 13, number 3, dated March 1929.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 13, number 4, dated April 1929.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the April 1929 issue.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 13, number 5, dated May 1929.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the June 1929 issue.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Shadow Kingdom by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the August 1929 issue.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 14, number 3, dated September 1929.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the September 1929 issue.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 14, number 4, dated October 1929.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Curse of Yig by Zealia B. Bishop (then Reed) and an uncredited H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the November 1929 issue.
• 1929: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Skull-Face by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the December 1929 issue.
• 1930: Project Gutenberg has a transcription of The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the February 1930 issue.
• 1934: The Internet Archive has volume 23, number 2, dated February 1934.
• 1934: The Internet Archive has volume 23, number 3, dated March 1934.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the April 1934 issue.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the May 1934 issue.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Haunter of the Ring by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the June 1934 issue.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price, which appeared in the July 1934 issue.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Devil in Iron by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the August 1934 issue.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in three parts in the September, October, and November 1934 issues.
• 1934: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the December 1934 issue.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 25, number 1, dated January 1935.
• 1935: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Grisly Horror by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the February 1935 issue.
• 1935: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Jewels of Gwahlur by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the March 1935 issue.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 25, number 4, dated April 1935.
• 1935: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in two parts in the May and June 1935 issues.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 26, number 2, dated August 1935.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 26, number 3, dated September 1935.
• 1935: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Shadows in Zamboula by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the November 1935 issue.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 26, number 6, dated December 1935.
• 1935-1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in five parts in the December 1935 through April 1936 issues.
• 1936: The Internet Archive has volume 27, number 2, dated February 1936.
• 1936: The Internet Archive has volume 27, number 3, dated March 1936.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Black Canaan by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the June 1936 issue.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Red Nails by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in three parts in the July through October 1936 issues.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Secret of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner, which appeared in the October 1936 issue.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Black Hound of Death by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the November 1936 issue.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Fire of Asshurbanipal by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the December 1936 issue.
• 1936: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Haunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the December 1936 issue.
• 1937: The Internet Archive has volume 29, number 1, dated January 1937.
• 1937: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Thing on the Door-Step by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the October 1937 issue.
• 1937: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Dig Me No Grave by Robert E. Howard, which appeared in the February 1937 issue.
• 1937: The Internet Archive has volume 29, number 6, dated June 1937.
• 1937: The Internet Archive has volume 30, number 1, dated July 1937.
• 1937: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the October 1937 issue.
• 1938: The Internet Archive has volume 31, number 1, dated January 1938.
• 1938: The Internet Archive has volume 32, number 4, dated October 1938.
• 1939: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Medusa's Coil by Zealia B. Bishop and an uncredited H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in the January 1939 issue.
• 1939: The Internet Archive has volume 34, number 5, dated November 1939.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 35, number 3, dated May 1940.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 35, number 4, dated July 1940.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 35, number 5, dated September 1940.
• 1941: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft, which appeared in two parts in the May and July 1941 issues.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 43, number 3, dated March 1951.
• 1951: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Mississippi Saucer by Frank Belknap Long, which appeared in the March 1951 issue.
• 1951: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Old Mr. Wiley by Greye La Spina, which appeared in the March 1951 issue.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 43, number 6, dated September 1951.
• 1952: Project Gutenberg has a transcription of The Horror at Red Hook by H. P. Lovecraft, as reprinted in the March 1952 issue. (It originally ran in the January 1927 issue.)
• 1952: The Internet Archive has volume 44, number 7, dated November 1952.

This is a record of a major serial archive. This page is maintained for The Online Books Page. (See our criteria for listing serial archives.) This page has no affiliation with the serial or its publisher.

Help with reading books -- Report a bad link -- Suggest a new listing

Home -- Search -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials

Books -- News -- Features -- Archives -- The Inside Story

Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)
OBP copyrights and licenses.