August Derleth: "Bat's Belfry," "The Devil's Pay," "The Coffin of Lissa"

Here at MPorcius Fiction Log we are reading stories printed in 1920s issues of Weird Tales. In fact, we've already blogged about 17 stories that appeared in 1923 issues of Weird Tales, 17 stories that appeared in 1924 issues of the unique magazine, and 26 from issues with 1925 cover dates. Click the links in the previous sentence to see lists of the stories I read and blogged about, and links to those blog posts. Today we read three stories from 1926 issues of WT by August Derleth, famous correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft and champion of the legacy of the man from Providence, and a prolific writer and editor working in an array of genres.Today's three tales from 100 years ago have all been reprinted in anthologies, but I am reading the original magazine versions in scans of 1926 issues of Farnsworth Wright's essential periodical. To make it as easy as possible for you to read along, I provide links to the scans I will be consuming below:"Bat's Belfry""The Devil's Pay""The Coffin of…