. ▁ ▁Robert ▁Blo ch , ▁later ▁to ▁become ▁well ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁Ps y cho , ▁began ▁publishing ▁stories ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ; ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁fan ▁of ▁Love craft ' s ▁work , ▁and ▁asked ▁Love craft ' s ▁permission ▁to ▁include ▁Love craft ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁stories , ▁and ▁to ▁kill ▁the ▁character ▁off . ▁ ▁Love craft ▁gave ▁him ▁permission , ▁and ▁reci proc ated ▁by ▁killing ▁off ▁a ▁thin ly ▁dis gu ised ▁version ▁of ▁Blo ch ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁stories ▁not ▁long ▁afterwards . ▁Ed mond ▁Hamilton , ▁a ▁leading ▁early ▁writer ▁of ▁space ▁opera , ▁became ▁a ▁regular , ▁and ▁Wright ▁also ▁published ▁science ▁fiction ▁stories ▁by ▁J . ▁Schloss el ▁and ▁Ot is ▁Adel bert ▁K line . ▁ ▁Tennessee ▁Williams ' ▁first ▁sale ▁was ▁to ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁with ▁a ▁short ▁story ▁titled ▁" The ▁Ven ge ance ▁of ▁N it oc ris ". ▁This ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁August ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁issue ▁under ▁the ▁author ' s ▁real ▁name , ▁Thomas ▁Lan ier ▁Williams . ▁We ird ▁T ales ' ▁sub title ▁was ▁" The ▁Un ique ▁Magazine ", ▁and ▁Wright ' s ▁story ▁se lections ▁were ▁as ▁varied ▁as ▁the ▁sub title ▁promised ; ▁he ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁print ▁strange ▁or ▁b izar re ▁stories ▁with ▁no ▁hint ▁ ▁of ▁the ▁fant astic ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁unusual ▁enough ▁to