▁cover ▁painting ▁was ▁cut ▁to ▁$ 5 0 , ▁and ▁in ▁Wein berg ' s ▁opinion ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁art work ▁decl ined ▁immediately . ▁ ▁N udes ▁no ▁longer ▁appeared , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁if ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁policy ▁on ▁Del an ey ' s ▁part . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁a ▁campaign ▁by ▁F ior ello ▁La Gu ard ia , ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁to ▁eliminate ▁sex ▁from ▁the ▁pul ps ▁led ▁to ▁mil der ▁covers , ▁and ▁this ▁may ▁also ▁have ▁had ▁an ▁effect . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁Howard ▁committed ▁suic ide , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁Love craft ▁died . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁so ▁much ▁un pub lished ▁work ▁by ▁Love craft ▁ ▁that ▁Wright ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁that ▁he ▁printed ▁more ▁material ▁under ▁Love craft ' s ▁by line ▁after ▁his ▁death ▁than ▁before . ▁ ▁In ▁Howard ' s ▁case , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁such ▁tro ve ▁of ▁stories ▁available , ▁but ▁other ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Henry ▁K utt ner ▁provided ▁similar ▁material . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Wright ' s ▁ten ure ▁as ▁editor , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁writers ▁who ▁had ▁become ▁strongly ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁magazine ▁were ▁gone ; ▁K utt ner , ▁and ▁others ▁such ▁as ▁Price ▁and ▁Moore , ▁were ▁still ▁writing , ▁but ▁We ird ▁T ales ''' ▁rates ▁were ▁too ▁low ▁to ▁attract ▁subm issions ▁from ▁them . ▁ ▁Clark ▁As ht on ▁Smith