Margaret Brundage's Moonlit Monster Cover, Weird Tales Sept 1935
No future technology anchors this cover — instead, the supernatural is the threat, a staple of weird fiction's occult science. A terrified nude woman with flowing auburn hair recoils in moonlit horror beside a lakeside forest, while a grotesque, leering creature lurks among dark pine branches. The full moon reflects off still water, casting an eerie blue nocturnal glow. Margaret Brundage's signature pastel-soft rendering makes the menace doubly unsettling — beauty and predatory horror in elegant, breathless contrast.
Holy smokes — that creepy thing in the trees is giving me the chills, and mom would absolutely confiscate this if she saw the cover! Brundage sure knows how to make you grab a copy off the newsstand whether you want to or not.
“Weird Tales SEPT. 25c SEPTEMBER, 1935 Vol. 26, No. 3 THE BLUE WOMAN a weird mystery story By JOHN SCOTT DOUGLAS Paul Ernst Arlton Eadie Robert Bloch Clark Ashton Smith Another exciting DOCTOR SATAN story in this issue Brundage”
