▁financial ▁set back s ▁it ▁prosper ed ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁fifteen ▁years . ▁ ▁Under ▁Wright ' s ▁control ▁the ▁magazine ▁lived ▁up ▁to ▁its ▁sub title , ▁" The ▁Un ique ▁Magazine ", ▁and ▁published ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁unusual ▁fiction . ▁ ▁Love craft ' s ▁C th ul hu ▁myth os ▁stories ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁starting ▁with ▁" The ▁Call ▁of ▁C th ul hu " ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ ▁These ▁were ▁well - rece ived , ▁and ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁writers ▁associated ▁with ▁Love craft ▁wrote ▁other ▁stories ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁milieu . ▁ ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Howard ▁was ▁a ▁regular ▁contrib utor , ▁and ▁published ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁Con an ▁the ▁Bar bar ian ▁stories ▁in ▁the ▁magazine , ▁and ▁Se ab ury ▁Qu inn ' s ▁series ▁of ▁stories ▁about ▁Jules ▁de ▁Grand in , ▁a ▁detect ive ▁who ▁special ized ▁in ▁cases ▁involving ▁the ▁super natural , ▁was ▁very ▁popular ▁with ▁the ▁readers . ▁ ▁Other ▁well - lik ed ▁authors ▁included ▁N ict zin ▁D yal his , ▁E . ▁Hoff mann ▁Price , ▁Robert ▁Blo ch , ▁and ▁H . ▁Warner ▁M unn . ▁ ▁Wright ▁published ▁some ▁science ▁fiction , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁fant asy ▁and ▁horror , ▁partly ▁because ▁when ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁was ▁launched ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁mag az ines ▁special izing ▁in ▁science ▁fiction , ▁but ▁he ▁continued ▁this ▁policy ▁even ▁after ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁mag az ines ▁such