ales ▁and ▁Short ▁St ories , ▁and ▁hoped ▁to ▁bring ▁both ▁mag az ines ▁back . ▁ ▁He ▁abandoned ▁a ▁plan ▁to ▁restart ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁using ▁repr ints ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁magazine , ▁after ▁being ▁ad vised ▁by ▁Sam ▁Mos kow itz ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁market ▁for ▁weird ▁and ▁horror ▁fiction ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Instead ▁Marg ul ies ▁m ined ▁the ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁back file ▁for ▁four ▁anth ologies ▁which ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s : ▁The ▁Une x pected , ▁The ▁Gh oul - Ke ep ers , ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁and ▁World s ▁of ▁We ird . ▁ ▁The ▁latter ▁two ▁were ▁g host - ed ited ▁by ▁Mos kow itz , ▁who ▁proposed ▁to ▁Marg ul ies ▁that ▁when ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁right ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁magazine ▁up ▁again , ▁it ▁should ▁include ▁repr ints ▁from ▁obsc ure ▁sources ▁that ▁Mos kow itz ▁had ▁found , ▁rather ▁than ▁just ▁stories ▁repr int ed ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁inc arn ation ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁These ▁stories ▁would ▁be ▁as ▁good ▁as ▁new ▁for ▁most ▁readers , ▁and ▁the ▁money ▁saved ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁an ▁occas ional ▁new ▁story . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁finally ▁appeared ▁from ▁Ren own ▁Publications , ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁edited ▁by ▁Mos kow itz . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁weak ▁distribution ▁and ▁sales