Weird Tales Oct 1939 – Lovecraft's 'In the Walls of Eryx' Sorcerer Cover
Inspired in part by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling's 'In the Walls of Eryx,' this October 1939 Weird Tales cover depicts a gaunt, bald sorcerer bent over an arcane manuscript, scrying by the light of a supernatural flame. Behind him, a writhing mass of luminous green skulls and leering undead faces crowd the darkness — summoned shades or damned souls bearing witness. The composition crackles with occult dread, blending Lovecraftian cosmic horror with classic necromantic imagery in vivid, lurid pulp-era color.
A bald necromancer communes with an army of luminous skulls while Lovecraft watches from the credits — this cover doesn't ask for your attention, it takes it.
“Uncanny · Startling · Mysterious Weird Tales OCTOBER 25¢ NOW 15¢ The Witch's Cat an eery story by Gans T. Field And other uncanny thrill-tales IN THE WALLS OF ERYX by Kenneth Sterling and H. P. Lovecraft”
