Magazine of Horror #26

Magazine of Horror Issue Contents This issue features "Alice, Where Are You?" by Seabury Quinn, a serial mystery spanning multiple installments. The narrative centers on detectives Doctor Trowbridge and the French physician Jules de Grandin investigating disappearances connected to the ancestral Hume family and their colonial estate, Twelvetrees. The plot involves Arabella Hume's missing daughter, the suspicious death of Madame Hume (found strangled, though initially blamed on suicide), and the kidnapping of young Charles Eastman from a Baptist orphanage. De Grandin's autopsy reveals Madame Hume was murdered—glycogen absence in her liver proves she struggled violently before strangulation. Investigation uncovers an organized criminal society with Russian leadership connected to atheist movements and international conspiracy. The climax depicts a murdered woman—the "veiled lady"—crucified on a frozen cross, her body bearing the "Devil's Bride" mark and an insulting inscription from her murderers. Later sections hint at supernatural compulsion affecting hospital staff. The narrative combines detective work, medical forensics, and occult conspiracy themes.