Book excerpt: Between the years 1934 and the dying days of Popular Publications' three weird menace pulps, Arthur J. Burks contributed some five dozen tales, most of novelette length. John Pelan has sifted through them and introduces this first volume of Burks' weird works. The eleven stories are only a sample of what we have in store for you. Cathedral of Horror, Terror Tales, July/August 1938 Priestess of Shame, Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935 Room of Shadows, Weird Tales May 1936 Keepers of the Black Tavern, Terror Tales May 1935 Bells of Oceana, Weird Tales December 1927 Black Harvest of Moraine, Weird Tales January 1950 Slaves of the Blood Wolves Terror Tales Dec. 1935 The Death Kiss, Thrilling Mystery, June 1936 A Bride for Death, Terror Tales April 1936 The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee Weird Tales May 1926 Devils in the Dust Thrilling Mystery, December 1935