It is natural, especially at her age, that she should crave, need meat. When I am a littlebetter I will go out and set traps, as I used to doas a boy... We must give her meat; she has done a great deal for us. 

Springing forth from the heyday ofWeird Tales magazine and its contemporaries comes a new anthology offifteenuncanny tales—classics and raritiespenned by the women writers whose weird imaginings defined the pulp era.  

Featuringan introduction and biographical notes by veteran editor Mike Ashley, this collection offers ghostly thrills, shapeshiftinghorrors and monstrous coming-of-age narratives from Weird Tales stalwarts such as Mary Elizabeth Counselman alongside more surprising authors such as Lucy M. Montgomery. This newselection also includes a 1990s classic by Tanith Lee, the queen ofWeird Tales magazine’s revival era, and a recently rediscovered gem of mythical horror by Evangeline Walton.