Weird Tales Magazine

A sorcerer on a cliff cuts into his own hand, summoning members of the ancient cult that destroyed his family... A maid hunts her former employer with a sword, attempting to win a revenge that could save us all... A doomed man rides a train to his dead father's home to unravel a terrible secret... A strange box arrives at your door, containing something so bizarre that... well, you'll have to dig into Weird Tales #363 to see. Weird Tales continues a 95-year commitment to dark fantasy with this collection of new short fiction from masters of the craft: "Up from Slavery" by Victor LaValle "By Post" by Josh Malerman "I.O.U." by Sherrilyn Kenyon "Payday" by Hank Schwaeble "A Housekeeper's Revenge" by Lisa Morton "The Shadows beneath the Stone" by Jonathan Maberry With poems and flash by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Jeff Wong, Tori Eldridge, and Marc Bilgrey! Copy and paste the following link into your browser to retrieve downloadable PDF: http://chilp.it/dfd624e

Evil space plants, lecherous dragons, and the mysteries of the vampire haunt the stories of Weird Tales #364. "Too Late Now" by Seanan McGuire "Ellende" by Gregory Frost "Hats" by Joe R. Lansdale "Lightning Lizzie" by Marie Whittaker "Last Days" by Dacre Stoker and Leverett Butts "The Beguiled Grave" by Marguerite Reed "The Last War" by Linda Addison (Poetry) "To the Marrow" by Rena Mason "Feathers" by Tim Waggoner "Trailer Park Nightmare" by Gabrielle Faust "No One Survives the Beach" by Weston Ochse "The Good Wife" by Lee Murray "The Canal" by Alessandro Manzetti (Poetry)

Featuring all new tales of dark fantasy, cosmic horror, supernatural revenge, and the sorcery of terror from masters of the craft, this issue includes the following stories and poems: "Her Happy Place" by Alma Katsu "The Thing in Jesse's House" by Heather Graham "The Dreams in the Cipher House" by Maurice Broaddus "Shadow Plane" by Fran Wilde "Tales from Alexandria" by Priya Sharma "The Secret Priest" by Anne Walsh (poetry) "Apocalypse Nights" by Yvonne Navarro "Devoured by the Soiled and Peeling Wallpaper" by Jake Bible "The Beast of Bray Road" by Gabrielle Faust "A Beautiful Darkness" by Christina Sng (poetry)

Tales of blood, magic, and steel by masters of the craft! Stories, essays, and poetry by: Kevin J. AndersonBruce BostonGreg CoxDana Fredsti & David FitzgeraldNeil GaimanTeel James GlennMaxwell I. GoldHoward Andrew JonesBrian W. MatthewsGreg MollinJames A. MooreWeston OchseMarguerite ReedCharles R. RutledgeJane Yolen

The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a new “Hellboy” story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Editor Jonathan Maberry has built a collection of cosmic horror that will destabilize your worldview. "The Eyrie" by Jonathan Maberry "The City in the Sea: A Hellboy Story" by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola "When the Stars Are Right: The Weird Tales Origins of Cosmic Horror" by Nicholas Diak "A Ghost Story for Christmas" by Paul Cornell "The Forest Gate" by Samantha Underhill "Night Fishing" by Caitlín R. Kiernan "The Traveler" by Francesco Tignini "Cosmic vs Abrahamic Horror" by F. Paul Wilson "The Last Bonneville" by F. Paul Wilson "Lost Generations" by Angela Yuriko Smith "Concerto in Five Movements" by Ramsey Campbell "Mozaika" by Nancy Kilpatrick "Inkblot Succubus" by Nikki Sixx "Laid to Rest" by Tim Lebbon "Call of the Void-L'appel du vide" by Carol Gyzander

Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction-cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry-weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known-occult detective tales. Here are all-original tales about people who peer into the shadows in order to solve a mystery. Sometimes successfully... and sometimes the darkness wins. The stories range from nail-biting horror to very dark comedy, and there's a generous mix of short stories, flash fiction (shorter works of about 1500 words), and poems. The lineup is killer, as you'll discover, and the interpretations of what constitutes "occult fiction" is unique to each writer.

Welcome to a very special issue of “Weird Tales”. This issue celebrates the Bram Stoker Awards, the "Oscars" of the horror trade. They are presented every year by the Horror Writers Association, a group founded in 1985 (and incorporated in 1987) by a collective of masters of that genre, including Joe R. Lansdale, Karen Lansdale, Robert McCammon, and Dean Koontz. This issue is packed with short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay-all written by past winners of the Bram Stoker Award. Whether you are familiar with horror at its finest or are a longstanding fan, you'll find much to love here. Familiar and unfamiliar faces, inventive storytelling approaches, and a whole lot of creepy fun. "The Eyrie" by Jonathan Maberry "Cannibal Dwight's Last Chance" by Nancy Holder "REM Sleep" (a poem) by Bruce Boston "Under the Fang, Then and Now" by Maxwell Gold "It Was the Night of the Demon" by Gabino Iglesias "The Want" by Yvonne Navarro "Brought Back" by Ramsey Campbell "The Time Less Gambit" by Linda D. Addison "The Real Trends Jen" by Lee Murray "Cul-de-Sac" by Del Howison "When the Masks Come Off" by Tim Waggoner "The Gathering Time" (a poem) by Marge Simon "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks" by Joe R. Lansdale "Places My Father Left" by Mercedes Yardley "The Telephone Game" by Eric J. Guignard "Imaginary Beings" (a poem) by Cynthia Pelayo

You can't have a good tale of monster hunting without monsters. And sometimes the monsters don't need to be hunted. Sometimes it's fun sitting back at minimum safe distance and watching the mayhem. Weird Tales Magazine used to be nicknamed "The Unusual Magazine," which is a bit of truth in advertising. And this issue hits that bull's-eye pretty solidly. There are monster stories (short stories and flash), monster poems, and even an essay about monsters to be found here. But they're each a little outside of the conventional box. Each writer brought a curious kind of game here, twisting the established models, skewing expectations, and having some very dark fun spinning creepy yarns about monsters of all kinds. So, lock the doors, turn down the lights, and dig in. It's about to get scary in here. "What Mike Saw" by Isaac Marion"Charakakon" by Johnny Compton"Gorgeous" by Delilah S. Dawson"Kolchak: Bruises on the Flesh of God" by Charles R. Rutledge"Riddle" by Gwendolyn Kiste"Straw Man" by Peter Clines"Lagniappe" by Dennis K. Crosby"Soft Shells" by Clay McLeod Chapman"Termination Agreement: Flash Fiction" by Wayne Brady"My Hideous Secret Garden: A Prose Poem" by Maxwell I. Gold"Death Carries a Peculiar Perfume" by Ellen Hopkins"Dinner with Mom" by Ray Porter"Putting the Hell in Hell Week" by J. Rose"Born in the Bayou: Swamp Monsters Great and Small" by Chris Ryall