Some science fiction began to appear alongside the fantasy and adventure material as a result, including work by Edmond Hamilton.

Competition from established pulps in the same niche, such as Adventure, was too strong, and after five issues under the new title the magazine ceased publication.

[4] According to Henneberger's later recollection, the idea came from Weird Tales's printer, who was looking to fill unused slots in his printing schedule, but Wright later claimed that the magazine's launch was inspired by Herbert Hoover's optimism about the economy.

[6] Howard complied, and his "The Voice of El-Lil", about a lost city in Mesopotamia, appeared in the first issue, along with two stories by Frank Owen, and "The Man Who Limped" by Otis Adelbert Kline, the first in a series about a dragoman (interpreter) named Hamad the Attar.

These were all known for fantasy, but Oriental Stories also published work by writers of non-fantasy adventures, including S. B. H. Hurst, James W. Bennett, and Warren Hastings.

[7] Wright used Brundage's artwork on the cover of every remaining issue of the magazine except for July 1933, which was by J. Allen St. John, a popular pulp artist.

The second issue under the new title included Edmond Hamilton's "Kaldar, World of Antares", the first in a series similar to Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom stories which were set on Mars.

Material bought for the magazine by Wright was published in Weird Tales instead, including another Kaldar story by Edmond Hamilton.

There was a three-month hiatus when the title changed, and then The Magic Carpet Magazine stayed on a quarterly schedule throughout its run.