Chapter I: Front Matter

ASTOUNDING

STORIES

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VOL. V. No. 2 CONTENTS FEBRUARY, 1931

COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO

_Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "The Tentacles from Below."_

WEREWOLVES OF WAR D. W. HALL 153

_The Story of the "Torpedo Plan" and of Capt. Lance's Heroic Part in
America's Last Mighty Battle with the United Slavs._

THE TENTACLES FROM BELOW ANTHONY GILMORE 172

_Down to Tremendous Ocean Depths Goes Commander Keith Wells in His
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THE BLACK LAMP CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 212

_Dr. Bird and His Friend Carnes Unravel Another Criminal Web of
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PHALANXES OF ATLANS F. V. W. MASON 228

_Only in Dim Legends Did Mankind Remember Atlantis and the
Lost Tribes--Until Victor Nelson's Extraordinary Adventure
in the Unknown Arctic._ (Beginning a Two-Part Novel.)

THE PIRATE PLANET CHARLES W. DIFFIN 261

_From Earth and Sub-Venus Converge a Titanic Offensive of Justice
on the Unspeakable Man-Things of Torg._ (Conclusion.)

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Werewolves of War

_By D. W. Hall_