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.”
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