Science Facts December 1930

VOL. IV, No. 3 CONTENTS DECEMBER, 1930 COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSOLOWSKI Painted in Oils from a Scene in “The Ape-Men of Xlotli.” SLAVES OF THE DUST SOPHIE WENZEL ELLIS 295 Fate’s Retribution Was Adequate. There Emerged a Rat with a Man’s Head and Face. THE PIRATE PLANET CHARLES W. DIFFIN 310 It is War. Interplanetary War. And on Far-Distant Venus Two Fighting Earthlings Stand Up Against a Whole Planet Run Amuck. (Part Two of a Four-Part Novel.) THE SEA TERROR CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 336 The Trail of Mystery Gold Leads Carnes and Dr. Bird to a Tremendous Monster of the Deep. GRAY DENIM HARL VINCENT 354 The Blood of the Van Dorn’s Ran in Karl’s Veins. He Rode the Skies Like an Avenging God. THE APE-MEN OF XLOTLI DAVID R. SPARKS 370 A Beautiful Face in the Depths of a Geyser—and Kirby Plunges into a Desperate Mid-Earth Conflict with the Dreadful Feathered Serpent. (A Complete Novelette.) THE READERS’ CORNER ALL OF US 421 A Meeting place for Readers of Astounding Stories. Series 16 The Black Man & Black Pharaoh/ Classes 3(Rouge/Sorcerer/Warlock/Wizard) The Black Wind & Bloated Woman/Spellcasting Bringer of Pests & Crawling Mist/Magic Iterms Dark Demon & Dark Destroyer/Monster Types 1(Aberration/Beast/Celestials/Construct) Dark One & Dweller in Darkness/Monster by Type 2(Dragon/Elemental/Fey/Fiend) Eater of Souls & Effigy of Haate/Monster by Type 3(Giant/Humanoid/Magic Monster/Ooze) The Faceless God & The Floating Horror/Monster by Type4 (Plant/Undead) God of the Bloody Tongue & Green Man/Traps & Poison Haunter of the Dark & Horned Man/Conditions & Diseases Howler in he Darkness & The Kruschtya Equation /Equipment, Armor & Weapons Lrogg & Many Legged Goat & The Masked Messanger/Objects & Enviroments Messenger of the Old Ones & Pool of Shadows/The Outer Planes(Upper) Queen in Red & Set/The Outer Planes(Middle) Shugoran & Skeletal Horror/The Outer Planes(Lower) Skinless One & Small Crawler/The Inner Planes Spiraling Worm & Tezcatlipoca/The Astral Plane Thing in the Yellow Mask & Thoth/The Feywild Tick-Tock Man & Wailing Writher/The Shadowfell Nyogtha and Family/The Far Realms Othuyeg/Deities & Demi-Planes The Pallid Mask/D&D Settings Complete HP Lovecraft  Sponsored by: Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Pour Over Coffee Donner Musical Instuments Student Instruments  Glarry Guitars Inexpensive Guitars  Golden Goat CBD CBD & Delta 8 Edibles    Share a Sale Get your podcast or website Sponsored Taza Stone Ground Chocolate Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon