Fantasy Various: The Thrill Book Sampler. V1. 15 Mar 2012

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The Thrill Book was launched in March 1919; the first editor was Harold Hersey, and the first issues were published in the format of a 48-page dime novel. The first issue contained the werewolf story "Wolf of the Steppes" by Greye La Spina, which had been rejected from The Popular Magazine. About half the content of the magazine was devoted to supernatural fiction; the rest to mainstream fiction. Most of the Hersey's issues contained stories by little known-authors, although Tod Robbins, Seabury Quinn and Fulton Oursler appeared in The Thrill Book during his tenure. After eight issues, Hersey was dismissed and Ronald Oliphant replaced him as the publication's editor; The Thrill Book's format was also changed to that of a regular pulp magazine. Oliphant brought in authors familiar to pulp readers, including H. Bedford-Jones, Murray Leinster, and William Wallace Cook, and began publishing science fiction stories in The Thrill Book. Oliphant also changed the magazine's format to imitate the enormously popular Adventure. The most famous story to appear in The Thrill Book was the science fiction novel "The Heads of Cerebus" by Francis Stevens. Due to poor sales, Street & Smith cancelled the magazine; the October 15th issue was the final one.

THE STONE IMAGE—SEABURY GRANDIN QUINN
FROM OVER THE BORDER—GREYE LA SPINA
WHEN BRASSET FORGOT—HARCOURT FARMER
THE HAUNTED LANDSCAPE—GREYE LA SPINA
THE VENGEANCE OF VISHNU—GEORGE C. JENKS
THE DEAD BOOK—HAROLD HERSEY