▁not ▁appear ▁until ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁issues ▁later , ▁and ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁often ▁had ▁little ▁c ash ▁to ▁spare . ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁case ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁change ▁his ▁mind . ▁ ▁Qu inn ▁was ▁We ird ▁T ales ' ▁most ▁pro l ific ▁author , ▁with ▁a ▁long - running ▁sequence ▁of ▁stories ▁about ▁a ▁detect ive , ▁Jules ▁de ▁Grand in , ▁who ▁investig ated ▁super natural ▁events , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁writer ▁in ▁the ▁magazine . ▁ ▁Other ▁regular ▁contrib utors ▁included ▁Paul ▁Ernst , ▁David ▁H . ▁K eller , ▁Gre ye ▁La ▁Sp ina , ▁Hugh ▁B . ▁C ave , ▁and ▁Frank ▁O wen , ▁who ▁wrote ▁fant as ies ▁set ▁in ▁an ▁imag inary ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Far ▁East . ▁ ▁C . L . ▁Moore ' s ▁ ▁story ▁" Sh am ble au ", ▁her ▁first ▁sale , ▁appeared ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 3 ; ▁Price ▁visited ▁the ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁offices ▁shortly ▁after ▁Wright ▁read ▁the ▁manuscript ▁for ▁it , ▁and ▁rec alls ▁that ▁Wright ▁was ▁so ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁the ▁story ▁that ▁he ▁closed ▁the ▁office , ▁declaring ▁it ▁" C . L . ▁Moore ▁day ". ▁ ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁very ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁readers , ▁and ▁Moore ' s ▁work , ▁including ▁her ▁stories ▁about ▁J ire l ▁of ▁Jo iry ▁and ▁North west ▁Smith , ▁appeared ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁We ird