Weird Tales, Vol. 6, No. 2

Catalog Note "Black Medicine" by [author name not clearly OCR'd], featured in Weird Tales, presents a supernatural horror narrative set in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Lloyd Chandler, an American bored with colonial society, ventures into the city's outskirts after consuming unusual cocktails at his hotel. Standing near the Dessalines statue, he observes distant fires in the hills and encounters a taciturn Haitian who cryptically warns him against being abroad when "the people of the hills are brewing black medicine." Despite his fear, Chandler follows a jungle trail toward the mysterious fires, abandoning the safety of the capital. The story establishes an atmosphere of dread and racial unease, depicting Haiti's landscape and inhabitants as fundamentally alien and threatening to the American protagonist. The narrative blends colonial adventure with supernatural suggestion, hinting at forbidden occult practices beyond European understanding.