It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1923 by Carl Rasmus
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the readers' edition of the second issue of Weird Tales, the hugely influential Pulp Magazine that went on to define many ideas of modern fantasy and supernatural horror. It spawned the careers of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. This collection includes: The Scar, by Carl Rasmus Beyond the Door, by J. Paul Suter The Tortoise Shell Comb, by Roylston Markham A Photographic Phantasm, by Paul Crumpler, M.D. The Living Nightmare, by Anton M. Oliver The Incubus, by Hamilton Craigie The Bodymaster, by Harold Ward Jungle Death, by Artemus Calloway The Snake Fiend, by Farnsworth Wright A Square of Canvas, by Anthony M. Rud The Affair of the Man in Scarlet, by Julian Kilman The Hideous Face, byVictor Johns The Forty Jars, by Ray McGillivray The Wish, by Myrtle Levy Gaylord The Whispering Thing [Part 1 of 2], by Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn The Thing of a Thousand Shapes [Part 2 of 2], by Otis Adelbert Kline The Conquering Will, by Ted Olson Six Feet of Willow-Green, by Carroll K. Michener The Hall of the Dead, by Francis D. Grierson The Parlor Cemetery, by C. E. Howard Golden Glow, by Harry Irving Shumway This edition strips the original manuscript of ads and irrelevant news items, keeping only the stories and the notes from the original editor. It presents these stories in a way that is easier for modern readers on modern devices. PDF scans of the original magazine, as it would have been read in 1923, are available online.About the Pulp Fiction CollectionOur modern popular culture would not exist in its current form without the enormous influence of pulp fiction. So named due to the cheap wood-pulp paper used in the printing process, pulp magazines brought affordable fiction options to the masses. This collection attempts to create a modernized version of these magazines, taking the short stories from each public domain issue and assembling them in a more modern collection format. For a scanned facsimile of the original issue, complete with original ads and formatting, visit MythBank.com.
Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1923 by Carl Rasmus is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1923 aloud.
Weird Tales Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1923 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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