ith ' s ▁time ▁as ▁editor ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁new ▁writers ▁appeared , ▁including ▁Richard ▁Math es on ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Pay ne ▁B ren nan . ▁ ▁B ren nan ▁had ▁already ▁sold ▁over ▁a ▁dozen ▁stories ▁to ▁other ▁pul ps ▁when ▁he ▁finally ▁made ▁a ▁sale ▁to ▁Mc Il w ra ith , ▁but ▁he ▁had ▁always ▁wanted ▁to ▁sell ▁to ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁and ▁three ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁magazine ▁fol ded ▁he ▁launched ▁a ▁small - press ▁horror ▁magazine ▁named ▁Mac ab re , ▁which ▁he ▁published ▁for ▁some ▁years , ▁in ▁im itation ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁▁ ▁Mos kow itz , ▁Carter , ▁and ▁B eller oph on ▁ ▁The ▁four ▁issues ▁edited ▁by ▁Sam ▁Mos kow itz ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁were ▁mostly ▁notable ▁for ▁a ▁detailed ▁bi ography ▁of ▁William ▁Hope ▁H od g son , ▁serial ized ▁over ▁three ▁issues , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁rare ▁stories ▁of ▁H od g son ' s ▁that ▁Mos kow itz ▁had ▁un ear th ed . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁stories ▁were ▁repr ints , ▁either ▁from ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁or ▁from ▁other ▁early ▁pul ps ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Black ▁Cat ▁or ▁Blue ▁Book . ▁ ▁In ▁Ash ley ' s ▁opinion , ▁the ▁magazine ▁" had ▁the ▁feel ▁of ▁a ▁museum ▁piece ▁with ▁nothing ▁new ▁or ▁progress ive ", ▁though ▁Wein berg ▁describes ▁the ▁magazine ▁as ▁having ▁" an ▁interesting ▁j umble ▁of ▁contents ". ▁ ▁The