▁the ▁original ▁pul p ▁version , ▁though ▁it ▁was ▁printed ▁on ▁better ▁paper . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁limited ▁edition ▁hard cover ▁versions ▁of ▁each ▁issue , ▁signed ▁by ▁the ▁contrib utors . ▁ ▁A ▁special ▁World ▁Fant asy ▁Award ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁received ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁made ▁it ▁apparent ▁that ▁the ▁magazine ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁quality , ▁but ▁sales ▁were ▁ins u fficient ▁to ▁cover ▁costs . ▁ ▁To ▁save ▁money ▁the ▁format ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁a ▁larger ▁flat ▁size , ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁Winter ▁ 1 9 9 2 / 1 9 9 3 ▁issue , ▁but ▁the ▁magazine ▁remained ▁in ▁financial ▁trouble , ▁with ▁issues ▁becoming ▁irregular ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁couple ▁of ▁years . ▁ ▁The ▁Summer ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁issue ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁hard cover ▁edition ; ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁last , ▁for ▁a ▁while , ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁name ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁as ▁Wein berg ▁did ▁not ▁renew ▁the ▁license . ▁ ▁The ▁magazine ▁was ▁ret itled ▁World s ▁of ▁Fant asy ▁& ▁Hor ror , ▁and ▁the ▁volume ▁number ing ▁was ▁restart ed ▁at ▁volume ▁ 1 ▁number ▁ 1 , ▁but ▁in ▁every ▁other ▁way ▁the ▁magazine ▁was ▁un changed , ▁and ▁the ▁four ▁issues ▁under ▁this ▁title , ▁issued ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁are ▁regarded ▁by ▁bibli ograph ers ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁overall ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁run . ▁ ▁In