▁during ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁first ▁year ▁as ▁very ▁weak ; ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁interior ▁draw ings ▁were ▁small , ▁and ▁with ▁little ▁of ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁one ▁would ▁expect ▁from ▁a ▁horror ▁magazine . ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁illustr ations ▁were ▁by ▁He it man , ▁whom ▁Wein berg ▁describes ▁as ▁"...   not able ▁for ▁his ▁complete ▁lack ▁of ▁imagination . ▁ ▁He it man ' s ▁special ty ▁was ▁taking ▁the ▁one ▁scene ▁in ▁a ▁fright ening ▁story ▁that ▁featured ▁nothing ▁at ▁all ▁fright ening ▁or ▁weird ▁and ▁illustr ating ▁that ". ▁ ▁Far ns worth ▁Wright ▁▁ ▁The ▁new ▁editor , ▁Far ns worth ▁Wright , ▁was ▁much ▁more ▁willing ▁than ▁B air d ▁had ▁been ▁to ▁publish ▁stories ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁fit ▁into ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁pul p ▁categories . ▁ ▁Ash ley ▁describes ▁Wright ▁as ▁" err atic " ▁in ▁his ▁se lections , ▁but ▁under ▁his ▁guidance ▁the ▁magazine ▁stead ily ▁improved ▁in ▁quality . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁issue , ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁was ▁little ▁better ▁than ▁those ▁edited ▁by ▁B air d , ▁although ▁it ▁included ▁two ▁stories ▁by ▁new ▁writers , ▁Frank ▁Bel kn ap ▁Long ▁and ▁Gre ye ▁La ▁Sp ina , ▁who ▁became ▁popular ▁contrib utors . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁Wright ▁established ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁writers ▁as ▁regular s , ▁including ▁Long ▁and ▁La ▁Sp ina , ▁and ▁published ▁many ▁stories ▁by ▁writers ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁magazine ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁de cade