A strange rescue effected on this cover of Planet Stories (Spring 1946) by Harry Lemon Parkhurst (1876-1962). I have no vey clear idea what “thrallmery” means. The word does not appear in either Wiktionary or the Oxford English Dictionary. Henry Kuttner’s story “What Hath Me” has some rather surreal interior art by an artist identified only as “Hollingsworth.”
This issue of Planet Stories is available to read and download at the Internet Archive.
We should note that in the very next issue of Planet Stories, one Thomas Jewett of Clyde, Ohio, wrote in to inquire:
“By the way, what in ‘ell is ‘thrallmery ?'”
No editorial response was forthcoming.
https://archive.org/details/Planet_Stories_v03n03_1946-Su_sas/page/n127
“Thomas Jewett, born an ordinary man, now condemned to wander the earth in a twilight state between life and death until he can lift the ancient curse placed upon him by learning the meaning of the single word ‘thrallmery.'”
I think curating all this art has turned my imagination pulpy.