Farnsworth Wright: "The Closing Hand," "The Snake Fiend" and "The Teak-Wood Shrine"

As I keep telling you, I aspire to read at least one story from each issue of Weird Tales. But you may have noticed that I only ever seem to read stories from issues of the magazine printed after January 1, 1930, but that the first issue of Weird Tales has a cover date of March, 1923. Well, today we take action to begin filling that gap by reading three stories from the Unique Magazine published in 1923, stories written by the most famous editor of the magazine, Farnsworth Wright. Wright did not actually begin editing WT until late 1924, so these stories appeared during the editorship of Wright's predecessor, Edwin Baird."The Closing Hand" Alright, a story from the very first issue of Weird Tales! We won't be lingering on this inaugural issue of the magazine of the bizarre and unusual for long, as Wright's story here occupies two pages and there is room left over for an advertisement on the second page. Weird Tales Volume 1, Number 1 does include the first installment of a serial by…