Weird Tales, July 1926: E H Price, C W Harris and A Derleth & M Schorer

After a brief break in the year 1980, let's return to the interwar period and read three stories from the July 1926 issue of Weird Tales, which has a cover that looks like one of my recurring pre-adolescent daydreams. (I mean the guy shooting a gigantic reptile--the rosy cheeked brunette resembles elements of my postpubescent daydreams.) We'll read a story by E. Hoffmann Price, one by Clare Winger Harris, and a collab between August Derleth and Mark Schorer. I'll be reading these tales in a scan at the internet archive--click here to join me. "The Dreamer of Atlanaat" by E. Hoffmann Price This story takes place in the ummah. A wanderer, Haaj Isfendiyar, arrived in the city of Nippur ten years ago, and over that time has become a close friend of the Calif. A skilled fighter and a clever and courageous man, today he commands a unit of 1000 cavalry and lives in a beautiful house. But he has an enemy--the Calif's wazir, Ismail. Ismail contrives to steal a dagger owned by Isfendiyar and…