- 1 9 2 4 ▁without ▁making ▁a ▁final ▁decision , ▁with ▁Hen ne berger ▁visit ing ▁him ▁in ▁Brook lyn ▁more ▁than ▁once , ▁but ▁eventually ▁either ▁he ▁decl ined ▁or ▁Hen ne berger ▁simply ▁gave ▁up . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁Wright ▁had ▁been ▁h ired ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁editor ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁The ▁last ▁issue ▁under ▁B air d ' s ▁name ▁was ▁a ▁combined ▁May / J une / J uly ▁issue , ▁with ▁ 1 9 2 ▁pages — a ▁much ▁th icker ▁magazine ▁than ▁the ▁earlier ▁issues . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁assemble d ▁by ▁Wright ▁and ▁K line , ▁rather ▁than ▁B air d . ▁ ▁Popular ▁F iction ▁Publishing ▁ ▁Hen ne berger ▁gave ▁Wright ▁full ▁control ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁get ▁involved ▁with ▁story ▁selection . ▁ ▁In ▁about ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁Wright ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁suffer ▁from ▁Park inson ' s ▁disease , ▁and ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁editor ship ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁grew ▁gradually ▁worse . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁sign ▁his ▁name , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁Bill ▁Spr enger ▁was ▁helping ▁him ▁get ▁to ▁work ▁and ▁back ▁home . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁issue ▁with ▁Wright ▁as ▁editor ▁was ▁dated ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁and ▁the ▁magazine ▁immediately ▁res umed ▁a ▁regular ▁month ly ▁schedule