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Cover of the flyer announcing Unusual Stories

Marvel Tales and Unusual Stories were U.S. semi-professional science fiction magazines published by William L. Crawford, a science fiction fan who believed that the pulp magazines were too limited in what they would publish. In 1933, he distributed a flyer for Unusual Stories, stating that no taboos would prevent the publication of worthwhile fiction. It included a page from P. Schuyler Miller's "The Titan", unsellable to professional magazines because of its sexual content. A partial issue of Unusual Stories was distributed in early 1934, but Crawford then launched Marvel Tales in May 1934. Five issues of Marvel Tales and three of Unusual Stories appeared over two years. They included Robert E. Howard's "The Garden of Fear", a story by H. P. Lovecraft, "Celephaïs" and Clifford D. Simak's "The Creator", rejected previously because of its religious theme. By 1936, Crawford had plans to expand his enterprise, but his limited finances meant that no further issues of the magazines appeared.(Full article...)