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MONSTERMONTH No.12 - Arcane

In the city of artificers magic is looked upon from a very utilitarian perspective. It is merely fuel, a flummox of energies to tame and shape for the real work ahead - crafting of arcane tech, the miraculous engineering of the great Guild of Magitek. Every apprentice who studies under a skilled tinkerer needs to prove their mettle via forging a custom familiar for themselves. This custom is both a Guild tradition since time immemorial as well as a practical test of all the knowledge and skills that are expected of novice artificers to display in order to become a journeyman. The Famiclacks, as these whimsy machines of arcane gadgetry are oft called, differs vastly from novice to novice to fit their personalities and goals. Some wizened master arcanist even claim that simply by judging the quality of a novice familiar they can establish his far their skills will take them. Perhaps there is something to it. Or perhaps it’s just a part if the traditional rites of the entire test.

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Fall 1951 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

Howard J. Green & Paul Frank, “My Corpse Has Two Faces"

Garth R. Spencer, “Night of April 17" 

Philip Wylie, “The Mystery of Galleon Key”, The American Magazine, March 1935    

W.T. Ballard, “Women Are Funny”, Popular Detective, August 1939    

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Me, Murderer”, Thrilling Detective, January 1939 

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February 1932 issue

better copy than previously posted

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July 1936 issue

cover by Fred C. Rodewald

James Perley Hughes, “Forged in Blood"

Ralph Franklin, “Summons to Hell"

Frederick C. Painton, “Homicide Highway"

S.J. Bailey, “Third-Degree Doom"

Arthur Lockwood, “Hart Notes!"

Norman A. Daniels, “Spectre’s Legacy"

David M. Norman, “Bullet Brains"

Theodore Tinsley, “Chattels of Crime"

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October 1943 issue

cover art by Modest Stein

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January 1951 issue

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February 1928 issue

cover art by Delos Palmer