SPECIAL FEATURE:
- The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years
FICTION:
- "Heart of Ice" by Tanith Lee - "Creature" by Ramsey Shehadeh - "The Yellow Dressing Gown" by Sarah Monette - "The Talion Moth" by John Kirk - "Detours on the Way to Nothing" by Rachel Swirsky - "Black Petals" (new Elric novella) by Michael Moorock
POETRY:
- "A Compleynte on the Deth of Sir William Thatcher, Sumtyme Ycleped Ulrich of Lichtenstein" by Geoffrey Chaucer
NONFICTION:
- Interview: Jeff VanderMeer chats with weird fantasy novelist China Míeville - Weirdism: Stephen Geigen-Miller on his pulp-fiction heritage
- Lost Pages: Ira Marcks presents a snapshot of modern Innsmouth... - Lost in Lovecraft: ...and Kenneth Hite explores why H.P.L.'s characters sought asylum in Arkham - Excerpt: Csilla Csori discusses the science of Dune's gholas and how to raise the dead - The Bazaar: Cherie Priest meets a steampunk Cthulhoid amulet crafter
- The Cryptic: Darrell Schweitzer on the enduring power of the Blob
- The Library: Book reviews
ARTWORK:
- Cover art: "Break" by Newel Anderson
- Original illustrations by Molly Crabapple, Fantasio, Daniele Serra, Star St. Germain |