Weird Tales May 1939 – The Hollow Moon Ice Survivors Cover
Painted in a loose, expressionistic oil style characteristic of late-1930s Weird Tales cover artists, this dramatic scene depicts two terrified figures clinging to a towering iceberg amid a churning, blood-red Pacific seascape. The palette — cadmium red skies, glacial blues, and sickly yellows — creates overwhelming dread. The painting illustrates Everil Worrell's 'The Hollow Moon,' with its subtitle referencing lunar vampires and strange icebergs. The gestural brushwork and emotional intensity align with the house style of the period's pulp horror cover tradition.
More Gothic horror than cosmic terror — the blazing red sky and screaming figures clinging to supernatural icebergs hit like a Lovecraft fever dream filtered through a WPA mural. Solidly wild but restrained compared to the truly unhinged Frank R. Paul planetary vistas.
“Eery, mysterious, intriguing Weird Tales 160 Pages MAY 25¢ THE HOLLOW MOON lunar vampire — strange icebergs in the Pacific By EVERIL WORRELL WASHINGTON NOCTURNE ghost tale of the Unknown Soldier By SEABURY QUINN ALMURIC strange adventures on another world By ROBERT E. HOWARD also fascinating stories by ROBERT BLOCH ARLTON EADIE and others”
