Weird Tales September 1948 — Snarling Ghoul Cover with Derleth & Bradbury
A slavering, hollow-eyed ghoul dominates this lurid Weird Tales cover, its fanged mouth agape and bloated face rendered in sickly purples and reds against a backdrop of sinister green foliage and a looming dark mansion. The creature's sparse white hair and grotesquely enlarged ears amplify its inhuman menace. Painted in loose, expressionistic gouache strokes, this September 1948 issue promises horrors from contributors including Ray Bradbury, Harding, and August Derleth — a murderers' row of weird fiction talent.
An absolutely committed close-up nightmare — no rockets, no rayguns, just a shrieking undead face taking up half the cover like it wants to climb out of the newsstand. Peak weird fiction energy, exactly what the title promises.
“"The Whippoorwills In The Hills" — DERLETH SEPTEMBER Weird Tales 20¢ ANC HARDING BRADBURY”
