▁ 1 9 2 6 , ▁science ▁fiction ▁was ▁popular ▁with ▁We ird ▁T ales ' ▁readers , ▁but ▁after ▁that ▁point ▁letters ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁asking ▁Wright ▁to ▁exclude ▁science ▁fiction , ▁and ▁only ▁publish ▁weird ▁fant asy ▁and ▁horror . ▁ ▁The ▁pro - s cience ▁fiction ▁readers ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁majority , ▁and ▁as ▁Wright ▁agreed ▁with ▁them , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁include ▁science ▁fiction ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁Hugh ▁B . ▁C ave , ▁who ▁sold ▁half - a - do zen ▁stories ▁to ▁Wright ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁commented ▁on ▁" The ▁E y rie " ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁a ▁fellow ▁writer : ▁" No ▁other ▁magazine ▁makes ▁such ▁a ▁point ▁of ▁discuss ing ▁past ▁stories , ▁and ▁letting ▁the ▁authors ▁know ▁how ▁their ▁stuff ▁is ▁received ". ▁▁ ▁Dor othy ▁Mc Il w ra ith ▁ ▁Mc Il w ra ith ▁was ▁an ▁experienced ▁magazine ▁editor , ▁but ▁she ▁knew ▁little ▁about ▁weird ▁fiction , ▁and ▁unlike ▁Wright ▁she ▁also ▁had ▁to ▁face ▁real ▁competition ▁from ▁other ▁mag az ines ▁for ▁We ird ▁T ales ' ▁core ▁read ership . ▁ ▁Although ▁Un known ▁fol ded ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁in ▁its ▁four ▁years ▁of ▁existence ▁it ▁transformed ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁fant asy ▁and ▁horror , ▁and ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁leader ▁in ▁its ▁field . ▁ ▁Un known ▁published ▁many ▁successful ▁hum orous ▁fant asy ▁stories ,