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Front cover of Amazing Stories November 1948 (Volume 22, Number 11), linked to a larger version. Illustration depicts a man in torn white t-shirt and blue pants. He appears tired, and stands resting one of his hands against a bare tree trunk and touching his forehead with the other. There are three gnomes looking up at the man; two of the gnomes have sticks in their hands. A large castle, evidently the man's destination, is not too far ahead of him. Text on the cover: 'AMAZING STORIES NOVEMBER 25c / THE RETURN OF THARN by HOWARD BROWNE / IT'LL CHILL YOUR BLOOD! CASTLE of TERROR By E. J. LISTON'.

Transcriber's Notes

  1. This etext was produced from Amazing Stories November 1948. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
  2. Variations in spelling ("gray" vs. "grey") have been retained as they appear in the original publication.
  3. Obvious misprints were corrected. Hover over underlined word in the text to see the corrections made. Full list of corrections made is available at the end.
  4. For accessibility, descriptions of the illustrations are provided in the "alt" attributes.

 


A huge long-bearded ugly face and crooked hands appear in black smoke coming out of a cauldron.There was a cloud of smoke, a horrid visage, and Mook's legs grew weak beneath him.

The EYE of WILBUR MOOK

by H. B. HICKEY

"Wilbur!" his mother called. "Better get up or you'll be late for work!"

Slowly but surely Wilbur Mook came out of his beautiful dream. And whata dream it was! He had Peter Bellows down and was busily punching hishead. What a dream!

Then his mother's voice pulled him away from Pete Bellows and draggedhim back to reality. Wilbur opened one eye and looked at the clock onhis bedside table. Its hand said eight o'clock.

Wilbur flung off the covers and slid his bare feet into lamb's woolbedroom slippers. If he didn't hurry, Wilbur thought, he'd be late towork. At the thought of facing Pete Bellows' angry stare Wilburshuddered. It was all right to dream, but real life was quite anotherthing.

Quickly, he ran water into the washbowl and washed his hands and face.No time to shower or shave. Running his hand over his chin Wilbur foundhe didn't need a shave anyway. By skipping that operation he could getto the office early.

A man in business suit with a tie is leaning with his back to the wall. In front of him is a chair with a broken back. The wall behind him is cracked.When the world's most cowardly man met the world's bravest—history was changed

He took a moment to survey himself in the lon

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