May 15, 2025 and one hundred and ten years ago on this day in 1915, “All-Story Weekly” published the third installment of “Pellucidar,” the sequel to “At the Earth’s Core.” The cover of a beautiful young woman was by Hamilton King and it illustrated “The Man-Eater,” but not Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, but a humorous romance tale written by Anne Warner(French). The issue included an installment of “Abu, the Dawn-Maker” by Perley Poore Sheehan.
Publishing details about “Pellucidar,” the land inside the earth, several illustrations, and an electronic version of the book: https://www.erbzine.com/mag7/0742.html
The drabble for today, “On the Menu,” was inspired by “Pellucidar,” and by the title of stories by both Edgar Rice Burroughs and Anne Warner, “The Man-Eater,” and quick note, that pretty much every creature native to Australia wants to kill you. A tip of the hat to Jim Morrison and the Doors. People are strange.
David Innes, a man from the Earth’s surface, wandered lost in Pellucidar, the land at the Earth’s Core. He encountered a beautiful woman named Dian, who threatened him with a spear.
“Damn it, woman. Are you going to kill and eat me. Seems like this place is like Australia. Every living thing is either poisonous or carnivorous. I was hoping that you weren’t cannibalistic.”
Dian stepped closer. “Shut up. I’m not cannibalistic, but my mother taught me not to talk to strange men.”
“Well, excuse me. Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted and people are strange when you’re a stranger.”
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