Weird Tales May Issue: 'The Shining Land' Dragon & Witch Sabbath Cover
This lurid cover graced Weird Tales magazine's May issue, illustrating Edmond Hamilton's fantasy story 'The Shining Land.' A hellish inferno backdrop silhouettes writhing demonic figures and a massive serpentine dragon, while a luminous female face floats ethereally above the chaos. Bat-winged imps and trident-wielding fiends dance amid the flames alongside a snarling beast. The composition channels classic pulp horror fantasy with a burning orange palette and silhouetted nightmare figures in full Golden Age weird fiction tradition.
This cover is closer to an exploding space station than a quiet library — a hellscape of dragons, dancing demons, trident-wielding imps, and a ghostly floating woman set against roaring flames. Peak pulp fever-dream energy with zero restraint.
“THE MAN WHO CRIED "WOLF!" by ROBERT BLOCH Weird Tales MAY 15¢ The dazzling danger of . . . "The Shining Land" by Edmond Hamilton”
