Weird Tales from Northern Seas

This catalog note describes the translated Scandinavian folklore collection rather than a pulp magazine. It contains the preface and opening story from "Weird Tales from Northern Seas," Jonas Lie's Danish stories in R. Nisbet Bain's 1893 English translation, illustrated by Laurence Housman. The volume collects eleven tales of supernatural horror from Nordland, Norway. The opening story, "The Fisherman and the Draug," establishes the supernatural register: fisherman Elias strikes a seal with a spear and is later haunted by its vengeful spirit. Years later, after purchasing a mysteriously-built boat, Elias sails homeward with his family. A phantom Femhøring (five-oared boat) races alongside his vessel through worsening seas. During the storm, family members are swept overboard one by one as Elias hears unearthly shrieks. The narrative breaks mid-sentence, suggesting continuation within the book. The other stories include "Jack of Sjuholm and His Gan Finn," "The Cormorants of Andvaer," and "Finn Blood," blending maritime peril with malevolent folklore creatures—elves, gnomes, and draugs (undead beings)—characteristic of sub-Arctic superstition.