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.