Posts Tagged ‘Weird Tales’

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Recommended: Weird Tales

May 18, 2008

Last winter I picked up a subscription to the venerable magazine, Weird Tales. So now, having read three issues, I figured it was time to provide some commentary.

The masthead provides some of the mag’s rich history before stating:

“Today, O wondrous reader of the 21st Century, we continue to seek out that which is most weird and unsettling, for your own edification and alarm.”

Sounds about right. This is Wildside Press relaunching/rebranding the title, which had frankly begun to flounder in recent years. They have a new look an attitude. They have a strong web presence. They have new editors who’ve allied with the New Weird. All very promising, but what it comes down to is what’s between the covers.

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New Mag Subscription: Weird Tales

December 1, 2007

A few months ago, I lamented the course of the sci-fi fantasy short fiction staple I’d been subscribed to for years and stated I’d spend my money elsewhere. Well, finally I got around to it.

I’ve just subscribed to Weird Tales, now edited by Stephen H. Segal (didn’t know he was into horror/dark fantasy*) and Ann VanderMeer (wife of weird fiction rockstar, Jeff). This magazine is, of course, the venerable home of classic weirdness dating back nearly a century, which first brought us Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury.

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