▁owner ▁of ▁Hall , ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁meet ▁pay roll . ▁ ▁East man ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁and ▁with ▁him ▁went ▁Hen ne berger ' s ▁plans ▁for ▁recover ing ▁control ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁The ▁magazine ▁advert ised ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁science ▁fiction ▁pul ps , ▁usually ▁highlight ing ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁science - f ict ional ▁stories . ▁ ▁O ften ▁the ▁advert ised ▁story ▁was ▁by ▁Ed mond ▁Hamilton , ▁who ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁sf ▁mag az ines . ▁ ▁Wright ▁also ▁sold ▁hard co vers ▁of ▁books ▁by ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁more ▁popular ▁authors , ▁such ▁as ▁K line , ▁in ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁magazine ▁was ▁never ▁greatly ▁prof itable , ▁Wright ▁was ▁paid ▁well . ▁ ▁Robert ▁Wein berg , ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁records ▁a ▁rum or ▁that ▁Wright ▁was ▁un pa id ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁magazine , ▁but ▁according ▁to ▁E . ▁Hoff mann ▁Price , ▁a ▁close ▁friend ▁of ▁Wright ' s ▁who ▁occasionally ▁read ▁manuscript s ▁for ▁him , ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁was ▁pay ing ▁Wright ▁about ▁$ 6 0 0 ▁a ▁month ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 . ▁ ▁Del an ey ▁▁ ▁Corn el ius ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁and ▁Popular ▁F iction ▁Publishing ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁William ▁J . ▁Del an ey , ▁who