▁Wright ; ▁they ▁all ▁but ▁disappeared ▁during ▁Mc Il w ra ith ' s ▁ten ure . ▁ ▁Mc Il w ra ith ▁also ▁focused ▁more ▁on ▁short ▁fiction , ▁and ▁serial s ▁and ▁long ▁stories ▁were ▁rare . Cl ute ▁( 1 9 9 7 ), ▁pp . ▁ 4 8 1 – 4 8 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁once ▁again ▁began ▁to ▁include ▁repr ints , ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁reduce ▁costs , ▁but ▁by ▁that ▁time ▁the ▁earlier ▁issues ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁had ▁been ▁extens ively ▁m ined ▁for ▁repr ints ▁by ▁August ▁Der le th ' s ▁publishing ▁vent ure , ▁Ark ham ▁House , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁Mc Il w ra ith ▁often ▁repr int ed ▁less er - known ▁stories . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁not ▁advert ised ▁as ▁repr ints , ▁which ▁led ▁in ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁cases ▁to ▁letters ▁from ▁readers ▁asking ▁for ▁more ▁stories ▁from ▁H . ▁P . ▁Love craft , ▁whom ▁they ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁new ▁author . ▁In ▁Wein berg ' s ▁opinion , ▁the ▁magazine ▁lost ▁variety ▁under ▁Mc Il w ra ith ' s ▁editor ship , ▁and ▁" m uch ▁of ▁the ▁uniqu eness ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁was ▁gone ". ▁ ▁In ▁Ash ley ' s ▁view , ▁the ▁magazine ▁became ▁more ▁consistent ▁in ▁quality , ▁rather ▁than ▁worse ; ▁Ash ley ▁comments ▁that ▁though ▁the ▁issues ▁edited ▁by ▁Mc Il w ra ith ▁"