Initially published by The Frank A. Munsey Company, Famous Fantastic Mysteries was dedicated to reprinting the rare science fiction and fantasy stories from the early years of Argosy, The All-Story, and The Cavalier. Famous Fantastic Mysteries is one of the most important science fiction pulps. The January 1940 issue contains classic stories by A. Merritt, Fancis Stevens, Ralph Milne Farley, and Garret Smith, among others.