Famous Fantastic Mysteries was first issued in 1939 but introduced few original works. It is better known for republishing stories controlled by Frank A. Munsey Co., its publisher. Many of the stories had appeared years, sometimes decades earlier in such pulp magazines as The Argosy and The All-Story Magazine.

This October 1939 issue includes the following stories:

The Moon Pool by A. Merritt

Space Station No. 1 by Manly Wade Wellman

The Whimpus by Todd Robbins

Karpen the Jew by Robert Neal Leath

The Girl in the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings

The Witch-Makers by Donald Wandrei

Blind-Man's Buff by J.U. Giesy

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