VOL. III, No. 2 CONTENTS AUGUST, 1930
Reading edition
COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSOLOWSKI
Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in "The Planet of Dread."
THE PLANET OF DREAD R. F. STARZL 147
A Stupid Blunder—and Mark Forepaugh Faces a Lifetime of Castaway Loneliness in the Savage Welter of the Planet Inra's Monster-ridden Jungles.
THE LORD OF SPACE VICTOR ROUSSEAU 158
A Black Caesar Had Arisen on Eros—and All Earth Trembled at His Distant Menace.
THE SECOND SATELLITE EDMOND HAMILTON 175
Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human Cows of Earth's Second Satellite. (A Novelet.)
SILVER DOME HARL VINCENT 192
In Her Deep-buried Kingdom of Theros, Phaestra Reveals the Amazing Secret of the Silver Dome.
EARTH, THE MARAUDER ARTHUR J. BURKS 210
Deep in the Gnome-infested Tunnels of the Moon, Sarka and Jaska Are Brought to Luar the Radiant Goddess Against Whose Minions the Marauding Earth Had Struck in Vain. (Part Two of a Three-Part Novel.)
MURDER MADNESS MURRAY LEINSTER 237
Bell Has Fought through Tremendous Obstacles to Find and Kill The Master, Whose Diabolical Poison Makes Murder-mad Snakes of the Hands; and, as He Faces the Monster at Last—His Own Hands Start to Writhe! (Conclusion.)
THE FLYING CITY H. THOMPSON RICH 260
From Space Came Cor's Disc-city of Vada—Its Mighty, Age-old Engines Weakening— Its Horde of Dwarfs Hungry for the Earth!
THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 279
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This time Forepaugh was ready for it.
