Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine – 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from giants of speculative fiction, including R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Victor LaValle, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Blake Northcott, Hailey Piper, Scott Sigler, James Aquilone, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

Only Howard’s THE WORMS OF THE EARTH is included from his stories, including the first illustration.

Contents

• fep •  Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (front end papers) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage and Francesco Francavilla
• [2] •  Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (title page) • interior artwork by uncredited
• [6] •  Drawing of Cthulhu • interior artwork by H. P. Lovecraft
• 1 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • essay by Jonathan Maberry
• 22 •  Weird Tales, March 1923 (cover) • interior artwork by R. R. Epperly (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, March 1923 1923) [as by Richard R. Epperly]
• 23 • Weird Tales at 100: A Century of Weird • essay by Lisa Morton
• 28 •  Weird Tales, December 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934)
• 30 • The Game • poem by Marge Simon
• 30 •  The Game • interior artwork by uncredited
• 32 •  Disappear Donna • interior artwork by uncredited
• 33 • Disappear Donna • short story by R. L. Stine
• 42 •  Up from Slavery • (2019) • interior artwork by E. M. Gist
• 43 • Up from Slavery • (2019) • novelette by Victor LaValle
• 71 • Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • [Weirdisms] • essay by E. Crosby Michel (variant of Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales, July 1947) 1947)
• 71 •  Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales, July 1947) 1947)
• 72 •  Cover Illustration for Weird Tales Winter 1992-1993 • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, Winter 1992/1993 1992)
• 73 • The Call of Cthulhu • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 102 •  Weird Tales, February 1928 (cover) • (1978) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1928 1928)
• 103 •  The Call of Cthulhu • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 104 •  The Circle: Shared Worlds • interior artwork by uncredited
• 105 • The Circle: Shared Worlds • essay by Lisa Diane Kastner
• 118 •  Robert E. Howard • (2010) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 119 • Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 148 •  Weird Tales, November 1932 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1932 1932)
• 149 •  Worms of the Earth • (1932) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
• 150 •  Weird Tales, November 1935 (cover) • (1979) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1935 1935)
• 150 •  Weird Tales, December 1934 (cover) [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934)
• 150 •  Weird Tales, June 1933 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1933 1933)
• 150 •  Weird Tales, May 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1934 1934)
• 150 •  Weird Tales, September 1933 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1933 1933)
• 151 • Sword and Sorcery: Weird Tales and Beyond • essay by Charles R. Rutledge
• 153 •  Weird Tales, December 1932 (cover) • (1972) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1932 1932)
• 155 •  Weird Tales, August 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1934 1934)
• 157 •  The Fellowship of the Ring (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan (variant of cover art for The Fellowship of the Ring 1965)
• 158 •  Science Fantasy, June 1961 (cover) • (1981) • interior artwork by Brian Lewis (variant of cover art for Science Fantasy, June 1961 1961)
• 160 •  Darkness Weaves (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Darkness Weaves 1978)
• 163 •  Weird Tales #366, Winter 2022, Sword & Sorcery Issue • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, No. 366 2022)
• 164 •  Cosmic Horror • interior artwork by uncredited
• 165 • Cosmic Horror • essay by James A. Moore
• 169 •  Weird Tales #367, Spring 2023, Cosmic Horror Issue • interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• 170 • Arched Bridges—Blackout Poetry • poem by Jessica McHugh
• 178 •  Weird Tales, October 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1934 1934)
• 179 • The Black God’s Kiss • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1934) • novelette by C. L. Moore (variant of Black God’s Kiss)
• 201 •  The Black God’s Kiss • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond
• 202 •  Weird Tales, September 1950 • interior artwork by Bill Wayne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1950 1950)
• 203 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
• 230 •  Legal Rites • (1950) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston
• 232 •  Back Cover Illustration of Ray Bradbury • interior artwork by David Hartman (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, Fall 2012 2012)
• 233 • The Scythe • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 247 •  Weird Tales, July 1943 (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by E. Franklin Wittmack (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1943 1943)
• 247 •  The Scythe • (1943) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston
• 248 •  Weird Tales, December 1925 • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1925 1925)
• 248 •  A Portrait of Jules de Grandin • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of Dr. De Grandin 1937)
• 249 • Who Ya Gonna Call?: The Evolution of Occult Detective Fiction • essay by Henry Herz
• 254 •  The Tenants of Broussac • (1925) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
• 264 • Blood Moon • poem by Owl Goingback
• 264 •  Blood Moon • interior artwork by uncredited
• 266 •  The Vengeance of Nitocris • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 267 • The Vengeance of Nitocris • (1928) • short story by Tennessee Williams [as by Thomas Lanier Williams]
• 279 •  Weird Tales, August 1928 • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1928 1928)
• 280 •  Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy • interior artwork by Colton Worley
• 281 • Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy • short story by James Aquilone
• 290 •  Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy [2] • interior artwork by Colton Worley
• 292 •  Back Cover Illustration of Richard Matheson • interior artwork by Jeff Wong (variant of Richard Matheson 2014)
• 293 • Slaughter House • (1953) • novelette by Richard Matheson
• 324 •  Weird Tales, July 1953 (cover) • (1953) • interior artwork by W. H. Silvey (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1953)
• 324 •  Slaughter House • (1953) • interior artwork by Joseph Eberle
• 327 • The World Breaker • short story by Blake Northcott
• 327 •  The World Breaker • interior artwork by uncredited
• 345 • Scratch-off Universe • short story by Hailey Piper
• 345 •  Scratch-off Universe • interior artwork by uncredited
• 350 •  Scratch-off Universe [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 356 • The Church at the Bottom of the Sea • poem by Michael A. Arnzen
• 356 •  The Church at the Bottom of the Sea • interior artwork by uncredited
• 358 •  Prezzo • interior artwork by uncredited
• 359 • Prezzo • short story by Keith R. A. DeCandido
• 378 • How to Make the Animal Perfect? • poem by Linda D. Addison
• 378 •  How to Make the Animal Perfect? • interior artwork by uncredited
• 380 •  Jagannath • interior artwork by uncredited
• 381 • Jagannath • (2011) • short story by Karin Tidbeck
• 393 • Bait • short story by Dana Fredsti
• 393 •  Bait • interior artwork by uncredited
• 397 •  Weird Tales Club • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• 398 •  The Damp Man • interior artwork by uncredited
• 399 • The Damp Man • [Damp Man] • (1947) • novelette by Allison V. Harding
• 432 •  Weird Tales, July 1947 (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1947 1947)
• 432 •  The Damp Man • (1947) • interior artwork by John Giunta
• 434 •  Forest of Suicides • interior artwork by Gustave Doré?
• 435 • NecronomiCommedia: Dante, Doré, and the Root of Lovecraftian Horror • essay by Christopher Neumann and Jacopo della Quercia
• 436 •  Illustration for “Paradise Lost” • interior artwork by Gustave Doré?
• 438 •  Lucifer • interior artwork by Gustave Doré?
• 438 •  Into the Abyss on Geryon’s Back • interior artwork by Gustave Doré?
• 438 •  Severed Head of Bertrandde Born • interior artwork by Gustave Doré?
• 449 • Cupid Is a Knavish Lad • novelette by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 449 •  Cupid Is a Knavish Lad • interior artwork by uncredited
• 452 •  Lady Cataract Comes to the Mosque • interior artwork by uncredited
• 453 • Lady Cataract Comes to the Mosque • short story by Usman T. Malik
• 476 • Vampire Chaser • poem by Anne Walsh
• 476 •  Vampire Chaser • interior artwork by uncredited
• 479 • Contributor Biographies (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • essay by uncredited
• 488 •  Weird Tales, October 1933 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1933 1933)
• bep •  Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (back end papers) • interior artwork by Francesco Francavilla and Abigail Larson

Notes

Edited by Jonathan Maberry. Cover art by Francesco Francavilla

Amazon has a publication date of October 10, 2023. However, pre-orders from Amazon were received as early as October 2.
C$38.95 in Canada