▁had ▁stopped ▁writing , ▁and ▁two ▁other ▁writers ▁who ▁were ▁well - lik ed , ▁G . G . ▁P endar ves ▁and ▁Henry ▁White head , ▁had ▁died . ▁Ex cept ▁for ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁short - l ived ▁mag az ines ▁such ▁as ▁Str ange ▁T ales ▁and ▁T ales ▁of ▁Magic ▁and ▁Myst ery , ▁and ▁a ▁weak ▁challenge ▁from ▁Ghost ▁St ories , ▁all ▁between ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁had ▁little ▁competition ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁Wright ' s ▁six teen ▁years ▁as ▁editor . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁pul p ▁mag az ines ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁that ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁" we ird ▁men ace " ▁mag az ines . ▁ ▁These ▁last ed ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁de cade , ▁but ▁despite ▁the ▁name ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁overlap ▁in ▁subject ▁matter ▁between ▁them ▁and ▁We ird ▁T ales : ▁the ▁stories ▁in ▁the ▁weird ▁men ace ▁mag az ines ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁occ ult ▁or ▁super natural ▁events , ▁but ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tale ▁the ▁mystery ▁was ▁always ▁revealed ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁logical ▁explanation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁Wright ▁began ▁running ▁weird ▁detect ive ▁stories ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁attract ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁readers ▁of ▁these ▁mag az ines ▁to ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁and ▁asked ▁readers ▁to ▁write ▁in ▁with