# Oriental Stories

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Oriental Stories was an American pulp magazine published between October 1930 and Summer 1932. It was later renamed to The Magic Carpet Magazine and continued publications until January 1934.

## Issues
### October-November 1930

Volume 1, Issue 1 (transcription project)
* The Yellow River • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Singapore Nights • Frank Owen • novelette
* The Man Who Limped • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
* The White Queen • Farnsworth Wright [as Francis Hard] • novelette
* Flower Profiles • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Strange Bedfellows • [*Bugs Sinnot] • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
* The Tiger's Eye • Pearl Norton Swet • short story
* Eyes of the Dead • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story
* The Desert Woman • Frank Owen [as Richard Kent] • short story
* The Cobra Den • Paul Ernst • short story
* The Black Camel • G. G. Pendarves • short story
* The Curse • Captain Ed Smith • short story
* The Voice of El-Lil • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* The Circle of Illusion • Lottie Lesh • short story

### December-January 1931

Volume 1, Issue 2
* The Rug • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The King of the Jerawahs • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
* Golden Rosebud • Dorota Flatau • short story
* With the Veneer Ripped Off • Lee Robinson • short story
* The Vengeance of Sa'ik • Otis Adelbert Kline • short fiction
* The Rose • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The China Kid • Frank Owen • novelette
* The Green Jade God • John Briggs • short story
* The Scourge of Mektoub • Paul Ernst • short story
* The Veiled Leopard • G. G. Pendarves • short story
* Gesture of the Gods • Guy Fletcher • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1930)
* The Burning Sea • Frank Owen [as Richard Kent] • short story
* The Sacred Cannon Recoils • Pollok Guiler • short story
* Finger of Kali • Bernice Thornton Banning • short story

### February-March 1931

Volume 1, Issue 3
* Red Blades of Black Cathay • Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith • novelette
* The Rajah's Grandmother • Frank Belknap Long • short story
* William • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
* The Dragoman's Revenge • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
* The Kalgan Road • William Doughty • short story
* Rondeau Orientale • Alice I'Anson • poem
* The Secret Trail • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
* The Merchant of Basra • Dudley Hoys • short story
* Scoundrels by Night • Frank Owen [as Richard Kent] • novelette
* The Giant • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The Slave of Justice • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
* Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • Frank Owen • short story
* For the Sake of Enlightenment • Coutts Brisbane • short story

### April-May-June 1931

Volume 1, Issue 4 (transcription project)
* Hawks of Outremer • [*Cormac FitzGeoffrey] • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* Tado, Samurai • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story
* Hsun Hsu • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Bibi Love • Solon Kelly Stewart • short story
* The Dragoman's Secret • [Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
* Tsang, Sea Captain • [*Tsang] • James W. Bennett • novella
* This Example • S. B. H. Hurst • short story
* The River That Stood Still • Captain Ed Smith • short story
* The Fanatic • Kobold Knight • short story
* The Pearl Robber • Frank Belknap Long • short story
* Let There Be Light! • Adolphe de Castro • poem
* The Mirror • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem

### Summer 1931

Volume 1, Issue 5
* The Dragoman's Slave Girl • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • short story
* Mr. Munn Makes Money • Ray Carr • short story
* O Pioneers! • Warren Hastings Miller • short fiction
* The Ball of Fire • [*Bugs Sinnot] • S. B. H. Hurst • short story
* The Hopeless Quest at Aissouan • Paul Ernst • novelette
* Thirty Pieces of Silver • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
* Four Doomed Men • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
* Song of the Indian Night • Frank Owen • short story
* Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
* Yung Chi • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* At the Fortunate Frog • Coutts Brisbane • short story

### Autumn 1931

Volume 1, Issue 6
* The White Sawbwa of Möng Nam? • Warren Hastings Miller • novella
* The Golden Girl • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The Test of a Ghost • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
* Rats at the Silver Cheese • Bassett Morgan • short fiction
* Yellow Velvet • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Breakfast for One • Kennis Gorman • short story
* The Death-Heads' March • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
* Night • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The Blood of Belshazzar • [*Cormac FitzGeoffrey] • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* The Song of the Cakes • Nat Schachner and Arthur Leo Zagat • short story
* Porcelain • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The Tribesman • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story
* The Justice of the Elephant • Clark Ashton Smith • short story

### Winter 1932

Volume 2, Issue 1 (transcription project)
* The Dragoman's Jest • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
* The Dancer of Djogyakarta • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
* The Mystic Rose • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Tsang, Accessory • [*Tsang] • James W. Bennett • novelette
* Honor of a Horse-Thief • S. B. H. Hurst • short story
* The Sowers of the Thunder • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* Broken Honor • H. E. W. Gay • short story
* The Dance of Yesha • Grace Keon • short story
* El Hamel, the Lost One • G. G. Pendarves • short story
* The Snake Strikes • Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner • short story

### Spring 1932

Volume 2, Issue 2
* The Jungle Girl • Warren Hastings Miller • novelette
* On a Chinese Vase • Clark Ashton Smith • poem
* Java Madness • Joseph O. Kesselring • short story
* Scented Gardens • Dorothy Quick • short story
* On the Roofs of Tunis • Paul Ernst • short story
* Lord of Samarcand • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* Red Moons • Winifred Russell [as Virginia Stait] • novelette
* The Djinnee of El Sheyb • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
* The Dancer of Quena • Bruce Bryan and Dudley Stuart Corlett • short story
* The Tale of Annaya • uncredited • short story
* Devil Drums • E. W. Chamberlain • short story

### Summer 1932

Volume 2, Issue 3
* The Dragoman's Confession • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • novella
* Pirate Whelp • Warren Hastings Miller • novella
* The Twisted Three • S. B. H. Hurst • novelette
* The Further Adventures of Ali Baba • Allan Govan • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1931)
* The Bend in the Road • James W. Bennett • short story
* The Black Adder • Dorothy Quick • short story
* The Hidden Monster • David H. Keller • short story
* A Battle Over the Tea-Cups • August W. Derleth • short story (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 15Apr60; R257393.)
* Jungle Twilight • Clark Ashton Smith • poem
* Cobra Teeth • M. Small • short story
* The Snare • Arreph El-Khoury • short story

### January 1933

Volume 3, Issue 1
* The Master of Dragons • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
* What Became of Aladdin's Lamp • Allan Govan • short story
* Kong Beng • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
* The Dragoman's Pilgrimage • [*Hamed the Atar] • Otis Adelbert Kline • novelette
* Ismeddin and the Holy Carpet • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
* Face Pidgin • James W. Bennett • short story
* The Maid of Mir Ammon • Grace Keon • short story
* The Nanking Road • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Step Softly, Sahib! • Hugh B. Cave • short story

### April 1933

Volume 3, Issue 2
* The Vagabond-at-Arms • Seabury Quinn • novelette
* The Truth about Sinbad the Sailor • Allan Govan • short story (© Copyright Restored due to URAA; published in UK, 1932)
* The Picture of Judas • Farnsworth Wright [as Francis Hard] • short story
* The Desert House • Hugh B. Cave • novelette
* The Gardens of the Nawwab • Grace Keon • short story
* Furlough • Edgar Daniel Kramer • poem
* Kaldar, World of Antares • [*Stuart Merrick • 1] • Edmond Hamilton • novelette
* Gifts • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* Mr. Jimson Assists • August W. Derleth • short story (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 15Apr60; R257394.)

### July 1933

Volume 3, Issue 3 (transcription project)
* Pearls from Macao • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
* Chained • Rose Mary Burdick • poem
* The Bride of God • Seabury Quinn • novelette
* Dancers • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
* The Lion of Tiberias • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* The Jumping-Well • Hugh B. Cave [as Geoffrey Vace] • short story
* The Forgotten of Allah • [*Ismeddin] • E. Hoffmann Price • novelette
* The Samaritan • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
* The Kiss of Zoraida • Clark Ashton Smith • short story
* The Mutations of Madam Butterfly • James W. Bennett • short story

### October 1933

Volume 3, Issue 4
* Berber Loot • H. Bedford-Jones • novelette
* The Young Men Speak • K. B. Montague • novelette
* King's Assassins • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
* The Tiger's Cubs • [*Carlos de la Muerte] • Seabury Quinn • novelette
* Death in My House • Paul Ernst • short story
* The Snake-Men of Kaldar • [*Stuart Merrick • 2] • Edmond Hamilton • novelette
* Pale Hands • E. Hoffmann Price • short story
* A Woman of the Hills • Arreph El-Khoury • short story
* The Pool • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem

### January 1934

Volume 4, Issue 1 (transcription project)
* Speed Planes for Moscow • S. Gordon Gurwit • short story
* The River of Perfumes • Warren Hastings Miller • short story
* Alleys of Darkness • [*Dennis Dorgan] • Robert E. Howard [as Patrick Ervin] • short story
* The Shadow of the Vulture • Robert E. Howard • novelette
* Five Merchants Who Met in a Tea-House • Frank Owen • short story
* The Little Affair of the Eiffel Tower • Arthur Morris Crosby • short fiction
* Passport to the Desert • G. G. Pendarves • novelette
* The Spider Woman • Seabury Quinn • novelette
* Hindoo Student's Prayer • Katharine C. Turner • poem
* The Mayor's Four Chins • James W. Bennett • short story
* Rivers • Frank Owen [as Hung Long Tom] • poem
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