The Flying City I

The ray shot down—and squadrons of planes frizzled like moths in the air.

VOL. III, No. 2 CONTENTS AUGUST, 1930

COVER DESIGN	H. W. WESSOLOWSKI
Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in “The Planet of Dread.”
THE PLANET OF DREAD	R. F. STARZL	147
A Stupid Blunder—and Mark Forepaugh Faces a Lifetime of Castaway Loneliness in the Savage Welter of the Planet Inra’s Monster-ridden Jungles.
THE LORD OF SPACE	VICTOR ROUSSEAU	158
A Black Caesar Had Arisen on Eros—and All Earth Trembled at His Distant Menace.
THE SECOND SATELLITE	EDMOND HAMILTON	175
Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human Cows of Earth’s Second Satellite. (A Novelet.)
SILVER DOME	HARL VINCENT	192
In Her Deep-buried Kingdom of Theros, Phaestra Reveals the Amazing Secret of the Silver Dome.
EARTH, THE MARAUDER	ARTHUR J. BURKS	210
Deep in the Gnome-infested Tunnels of the Moon, Sarka and Jaska Are Brought to Luar the Radiant Goddess Against Whose Minions the Marauding Earth Had Struck in Vain. (Part Two of a Three-Part Novel.)
MURDER MADNESS	MURRAY LEINSTER	237
Bell Has Fought through Tremendous Obstacles to Find and Kill The Master, Whose Diabolical Poison Makes Murder-mad Snakes of the Hands; and, as He Faces the Monster at Last—His Own Hands Start to Writhe! (Conclusion.)
THE FLYING CITY	H. THOMPSON RICH	260
From Space Came Cor’s Disc-city of Vada—Its Mighty, Age-old Engines Weakening— Its Horde of Dwarfs Hungry for the Earth!
THE READERS’ CORNER	ALL OF US	279
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.