Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine
About this book
"Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine by Various" is a pulp magazine published in 1923. Founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger, this debut issue launched what would become a legendary publication in fantasy and horror fiction. Under editor Edwin Baird, the magazine introduced early works by writers who would shape the genre, including H. P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn, and Clark Ashton Smith. Despite initial financial struggles, this first issue marked the beginning of a magazine dedicated to unusual, supernatural stories that had never before found a specialized home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
FocusReader opens Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine in a reading surface tuned for restless attention:
- Anchor emphasis — a bold front-half on each word steadies your eye.
- Read-aloud — sentence by sentence, with the line highlighted, free.
- Page-flip mode — a real page at a time, not endless scroll.
- Pomodoro sprints — short, finishable reading blocks.