Pulp Archive: Weird Horror

The Soul Mark by H C Wire [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1924-05-06-07 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Folk Horror, Psychological Horror A man’s inheritance of a pouch crafted from ritual skin becomes a living nightmare as a rancid odor and a spectral face signal the arrival of a vengeful soul, turning his isolated home into a crucible of p...

Double Feature: An Arc of Direction & The House, the Light and the Man [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1925-06 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror, Gothic The House, the Light and the Man by Gordon Philip England: Gibson Jenkins, a man already prone to fear, is pushed over the edge when a fall in a department store traps...

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-05 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror, Religious Horror Goodman Brown’s soul is irrevocably shattered after he glimpses the pious leaders of Salem—and his own wife—partaking in a forest sabbath, leaving him to live out his days in a hollow shell...

The Eighth Green Man by G. G. Pendarves [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1928-03 Main genre: Monster Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror An explorer’s warnings go unheeded as his companion is claimed by an innkeeper's occult society, becoming the eighth "Green Man" in a line of sentient, soul-stealing sentinels. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol...

The Ghost-Table by Elliot O'Donnell [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1928-02 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Monster Horror, Urban Horror A newlywed’s antique table becomes a predatory, self-animating nightmare as the trapped consciousness of a mad scientist attempts to claim the household for its own. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol...

The Devils of Po Sung by Bassett Morgan [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-12 Main genre: Science Fiction Horror Lesser genres: Body Horror Captain McTeague must navigate a biological house of horrors where Po Sung breeds man-eating orchids from corpses and twists human victims into feral beasts, turning a lush jungle into a predatory death trap. --- Pro...

The Sword of Jean Lafitte by W.R. Mashburn [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-12 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Folk Horror A man’s encounter with the descendant of a legendary pirate triggers a series of spectral dreams that culminate in a deadly, supernatural duel over a cursed, buried sword. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narr...

Phantom Fingers by Robert S. Carr [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-05 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Gothic, Supernatural Horror A cocaine-addicted murderer’s guilt takes physical form as the ghostly hands of his victim emerge from the shadows to tighten into an inescapable, literal death grip. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol N...

Double Feature: The Mist Monster & The Black Castle [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-05 Main genre: Gothic, Monster Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror, Folk Horror The Mist Monster by Granville S. Hoss: After a friend is swallowed by a sentient, deadly mist, the narrator is left to face the "Wind Devil," a monstrous entity that consumes with...

Listening Death by Don Robert Catlin [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-05 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Science Fiction Horror After a serum traps a man in the conscious agony of a living corpse, his escape leaves his creators condemned to the same eternal, silent torment of being dead but awake. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol...

The Wolf by Sewell Peaslee Wright [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: Weird Tales 1927-11 Main genre: Folk Horror Lesser genres: Psychological Horror Suspicion turns to psychological terror in the northern woods as a doctor begins to fear his hunting guide is the very wolf that attacked him. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator...

The Flaming Eyes by Fletcher R. Milton First published in: Weird Tales March 1925 Main genre: Folk Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horrorو Psychological Horror After an archaeologist ignites cursed incense from a stolen idol, he is plunged into a blurring reality where he must navigate hidden subterranean passages to survive the vengeful haunting of an ancient Hindu priest. --- Production Credi...

The Curse of a Song by Eli Colter First published in: Weird Tales March 1928 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Gothic, Psychological Horror To break a generational curse, Rose and her fiancé must weaponize a haunted melody to confront the vengeful ghost of her uncle in a final, melodic showdown. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator ⚠️ Conte...

The Sunken Land by George W. Bayly First published in: Weird Tales May 1924 Main genre: Environmental Horror Lesser genres: Survival Horror Trapped in a gravity-defying tropical underworld, a group of Mounties must incinerate a sentient, man-eating forest before the ancient ecosystem devours them alive. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Ad...

Double Horror: The House of Fear & The Clock By Albert Seymour Graham & Arthur Styron First published in: Weird Tales March-June 1925 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Gothic, Supernatural Horror The Clock: After a man smashes a family clock to escape his monotonous life, he spirials into madness upon discovering the destruction of the gears somehow triggered the simultaneous...

Phantom Billiards by Frank E. Walker First published in: Weird Tales February 1926 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Gothic Haunted by the spirits of two murdered brothers, Lord Aleys is driven to the brink of suicide until his wife confronts the ghosts of Hadley Hall to silence the past. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advi...

The Hyena by Robert E. Howard First published in: Weird Tales March 1928 Main genre: Folk Horror Lesser genres: Psychological Horror After an American rancher’s distrust of a local fetish-man turns to terror, he must battle through the veldt to rescue his beloved from ritualistic warriors. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This e...

The Isle Of Missing Ships by Seabury Quinn First published in: Weird Tales February 1926 Main genre: Monster Horror Lesser genres: Gothic Shipwrecked on an island where a cannibalistic pirate lures ships to their doom, Dr. de Grandin and his companion must outwit the villain, poison his octopus guard, and escape before becoming his next meal. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Ed...

From the Pit by Adam Hull Shirk First published in: Weird Tales May 1927 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Gothic, Psychological Horror At a decaying mansion, Tom Rance must battle a hypnotic master and a demon to save his beloved from a supernatural curse born of a failed surgery. With only a pistol and magic, he has one night to break the spell. --- Production Credits Prepared by: S...

The Composite Brain by Robert Carr First published in: Weird Tales March 1925 Main genre: Science Fiction Horror Lesser genres: Body Horror, Monster Horror When a mad scientist attempts to harvest a rival’s brain for his telepathic hybrid, the victim turns the creature’s primal instincts against its maker in a fiery laboratory finale. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, th...

Triple Feature: The Sleepers, The Cats of Ulthar, Eyes First published in: Weird Tales 1924 27 and 26 Main genre: Supernatural Horror Lesser genres: Psychological Horror, Folk Horror The Sleepers Two passengers discover a Pullman car filled with sleeping figures who vanish near an old wreck site. The conductor reveals the car was rebuilt from the disaster’s wreckage, forcing the living to ride alo...

The Man Who Thought He Was Dead by Granville S. Hoss First published in: Weird Tales May 1924 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror "Plato Goodsmith, haunted by a dream of a skeleton-headed specter prophesying his death, becomes convinced he is dying and enters a trance-like state. His body decays while his voice continues to declare his death, baffling doctors who wi...

The Loved Dead by C. M. Eddy, Jr First published in: Weird Tales May 1924 Main genre: Psychological Horror Lesser genres: Gothic "A man’s obsession with death drives him into the undertaker’s trade, where his hunger for proximity to corpses spirals into crime and madness." --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Edward, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains p...

Clarimonde by Théophile Gautier First published in: Weird Tales February 1928 Main genre : Religious Horror Lesser genres: Supernatural Horror, Monster Horror "A priest becomes obsessively entangled with Clarimonde, a mysterious woman whose supernatural allure shatters his vows, revealing her as a vampire who feeds on his blood. He lives a dual life of piety by day and forbidden passion by night,...

Guarded by Sewall Peaslee Wright First published in: Weird Tales Mrach 1927 "main_subgenre": "Supernatural Horror" "Joseph Morton, a reclusive neighbor, reveals he switched souls with his deceased brother, taking over his body to prevent his brother's evil ways. Every midnight, the brother's malevolent spirit takes control, transforming Morton into a terrifying figure. The narrator, now terrified,...