▁not ▁existed . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁through ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁that ▁Love craft , ▁Howard , ▁and ▁Clark ▁As ht on ▁Smith ▁became ▁widely ▁known , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁mark ets ▁for ▁weird ▁and ▁science ▁fant asy ▁art work . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁horror ▁stories ▁adapted ▁for ▁early ▁radio ▁shows ▁such ▁as ▁St ay ▁Tun ed ▁for ▁T error ▁originally ▁appeared ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁The ▁magazine ' s ▁" G old en ▁Age " ▁was ▁under ▁Wright , ▁and ▁de ▁Camp ▁arg ues ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁Wright ' s ▁accomplish ments ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁" We ird ▁T ales ▁school ▁of ▁writing ". ▁ ▁Justin ▁Ever ett ▁and ▁Jeff rey ▁H . ▁Sh anks , ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁a ▁recent ▁scholar ly ▁collection ▁of ▁literary ▁criticism ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁magazine , ▁argue ▁that ▁" We ird ▁T ales ▁function ed ▁as ▁a ▁ne x us ▁point ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁spec ulative ▁fiction ▁from ▁which ▁emer ged ▁the ▁modern ▁gen res ▁of ▁fant asy ▁and ▁horror ". ▁ ▁The ▁magazine ▁was , ▁unus ually ▁for ▁a ▁pul p , ▁included ▁by ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁the ▁annual ▁Year ▁in ▁F iction ▁anth ologies , ▁and ▁was ▁generally ▁regarded ▁with ▁more ▁respect ▁than ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁pul ps . ▁ ▁This ▁remained ▁true ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁first ▁run ▁ended , ▁as ▁it ▁became ▁the ▁main ▁source ▁of ▁fant asy ▁short ▁stories ▁for ▁anth olog ists