Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Dec 1939

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From the golden age of pulp science fiction, here are all the stories with all the original illustrations from the third issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries was published by The Frank A. Munsey Company from 1939 to 1953. As is stated on the magazine’s contents page:

“This magazine is the answer to thousands of requests that we have received over a period of years, demanding a second look at famous fantasies which, since their original publication, have become accepted classics. Our choice has been dictated by your requests and our firm belief that these are the aces of imaginative fiction. — The Editors”

The titles, authors, and the issue teaser lines for these stories are:

The Radio Man, Part I, Ralph Milne Farley
— Interplanetary adventure yarn in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Diminishing Draft, Waldemar Kaempffert
— She played with dangerous secrets of modern science and became a tiny toy of fate

The Lord of Death, Homer Eon Flint
— Three Earthmen unveil the last secret of a dead planet

The Spirit Boats, Minna Irving
— A poem of the ancient Nile

Lights, Philip Fisher
— The dead signaled “Danger Ahead”—and the living laughed

The Conquest of the Moon Pool, Part 2, A. Merritt
— Through the moon door, to grapple with the dread Dweller and wrest the six Lost Ones from their prison of icy flame

Who Is Charles Avison?, Edison Tesla Marshall
— He came back from space to attend his own funeral

The Gravity Experiment, J. U. Giesy
— The amazing story of Professor Zapt’s latest s scientific prank

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