Hugh Rankin's Chapel of Mystic Horror – Weird Tales December 1928
A robed, red-haired supplicant prostrates herself before a jeweled altar in a chapel guarded by two towering armored sentinels bearing heraldic shields. Something ancient and terrible awaits her submission — the stained-glass arch blazes with occult color, candles flicker beside a smoking cauldron, and the stone giants watch without mercy. Hugh Rankin's flat, bold linework channels medieval illumination into pure pulp dread for Seabury Quinn's tale of mystic horror.
Absolutely stunning flat-color medievalism dripping with occult menace — those stone giant guardians alone are worth the quarter cover price! Rankin's bold heraldic palette makes this one of the most visually distinctive Weird Tales covers of the late 1920s, and I cannot believe I just found this in a dusty box for fifty cents!
“Weird Tales The Unique Magazine December 1928 25¢ 30¢ IN CANADA The CHAPEL of MYSTIC HORROR By SEABURY QUINN HUGH RANKIN”
