Weird Tales Sept 1925 – Robed Cultist Threatens Sacrificial Victim
A black-robed, masked cultist raises a dagger above an unconscious red-haired woman laid out on a stone altar, while a second cloaked figure lurks in the shadows behind. The blazing vermillion background amplifies the ritual menace, every line charged with the threat of dark sacrifice. This cover illustrates Greye La Spina's 'The Gargoyle: A Tale of Devil Worship,' and delivers the lurid occult terror that made Weird Tales the essential pulp of the supernatural 1920s.
Oh buddy, this is peak 1920s pulp menace — a knife-wielding masked cultist looming over a swooned woman on a stone altar, all drenched in hellfire red! The fact that this issue also has Lovecraft inside makes it an absolute holy grail for any pulp collector worth their salt.
“Weird Tales The Unique Magazine September 1925 25¢ Stories by O. Henry H.P. Lovecraft Frank Belknap Long Jr. and other authors THE GARGOYLE A TALE OF DEVIL WORSHIP by Greye La Spina”
