Weird Tales, July 1927: B Morgan, D R Catlin, & R G Stott

As you know, I am in a race with the Grim Reaper, trying to read at least one story from each issue of Weird Tales before I shuffle off this mortal coil. My diet today consisted of peanut butter cups and corn chips, so probably today the Reaper is gaining on me, but I promise to eat yogurt and broccoli tomorrow.Most of the time, when I look at the table of contents of an issue of Farnsworth Wright's essential contribution to the history of speculative fiction, I see familiar names and can read stories by men and women with whom I am already chummy, or who are at least passing acquaintances. But opening up the July 1927 issue to the table of contents pages is like walking into a room of strangers! Who are these people? Well, I'll just consult the little spoily descriptions of the stories on the TOC and pick out three that seem promising and read them, I guess."Gray Ghouls" by Bassett MorganGiant apes and startling surgery sound good. The illustration for "Gray Ghouls" shows a big…

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