Weird Tales, Nov '24: F B Long, O A Kline and H S Whitehead

Years ago, I pledged to read at least one story from each issue of the seminal speculative fiction magazine Weird Tales bearing a 1930s cover date. That quest accomplished, I expanded the scope of my eldritch ambitions to encompass the entire century-long history of the unique magazine of the bizarre and unusual and began chipping away at the 1940s and 1920s. Some progress has been made, but more lies ahead. (Click the links below to see the evidence that backs up my boasting.)1923 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 19391940 1941 1942 1943Today's stride in this long journey will see us read three stories from the November 1924 issue of the magazine, the first issue edited by Farnsworth Wright. We've got a story by Frank Belknap Long, one of H. P. Lovecraft's closest associates and author of such dud post-war novels as Monster from Out of Time,Woman from Another Planet and Journey Into Darkness (good titles, though) and good pre-war stories as "The Ocean Leech," "The Red…