Weird Tales July 1929 — The Corpse-Master by Seabury Quinn Cover
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Weird Tales July 1929 — The Corpse-Master by Seabury Quinn Cover

A cascade of ink-black hair streams down the back of a pale, white-robed woman who reaches upward toward a leering, corpulent figure enthroned on jeweled cushions — while a feral, crouching ghoul lurks in the shadows behind her. The rich jewel-toned draperies — emerald, crimson, and gold — contrast sharply with the woman's ghostly pallor, evoking Arabian Nights nightmare imagery. This is classic Weird Tales pulp sensationalism: menace, the uncanny, and a captive beauty caught between two monstrous forces.

Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Artist: C. C. Senf
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1920s
Country: United States
Coolness: 7/10

Lurid color contrasts, a swooning ethereal woman flanked by a grotesque fat villain and a shadow-dwelling ghoul pack maximum menace into a single frame. The exotic Oriental opulence of cushions and draperies amplifies the transgressive fantasy atmosphere to high pulp voltage.

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Weird Tales The Unique Magazine The Corpse-Master by Seabury Quinn 25¢ 20¢ IN CANADA July 1929

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