Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
Weird Tales Presents / Blackstone Publishing
Publication date: October 2023
Introduction
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.
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
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Publication date
- October 2023
- Identifiers
- 979-820068799-2
- Pages
- [10]+488
- Publisher / imprint
- Weird Tales Presents / Blackstone Publishing
- Cover art
- Francesco Francavilla
- Illustrations
- Several photos, advertisements. Both color and b&w.
1 linked Howard work
- Worms of the Earthstory
134 contents entries
- "Worms of The Earth"
- fep • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (front end papers) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage and Francesco Francavilla artwork
- Non-REH Contents
- [2] • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (title page) • interior artwork by uncredited artwork
- "The Third Guy" by Scott Sigler
- [6] • Drawing of Cthulhu • interior artwork by H. P. Lovecraft artwork
- "A Century of Weird" by Lisa Morton
- The Eyrie (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • essay by Jonathan Maberry 1 · essay
- "The Game" by Marge Simon
- 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] 22 · artwork
- "Disappear Donna" by R. L. Stine
- Weird Tales at 100: A Century of Weird • essay by Lisa Morton 23 · essay
- "Up From Slavery" by Victor LaValle
- Weird Tales, December 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934) 28 · artwork
- "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Game • poem by Marge Simon 30 · poem
- "The Circle: Shared Worlds" by Lisa Diane Kastner
- The Game • interior artwork by uncredited 30 · artwork
- "Swords and Sorcery: Weird Tales and Beyond" by Charles R. Rutledge
- Disappear Donna • interior artwork by uncredited 32 · artwork
- "Cosmic Horror" by James A. Moore
- Disappear Donna • short story by R. L. Stine 33 · story
- "Arched Bridges: Blackout Poetry" by Jessica McHugh
- Up from Slavery • (2019) • interior artwork by E. M. Gist 42 · artwork
- "Black Gods Kiss" by C.L. Moore
- Up from Slavery • (2019) • novelette by Victor LaValle 43 · novelette
- "Legal Rites" by Issac Asimov and Frederick Pohl
- Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • [Weirdisms] • essay by E. Crosby Michel (variant of Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales, July 1947) 1947) 71 · essay
- "The Scythe" by Ray Bradbury
- Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of Weirdisms: Vampires (Weird Tales, July 1947) 1947) 71 · artwork
- "Who You Gonna Call? The Evolution of Occult Detective Fiction" by Henry Herz
- Cover Illustration for Weird Tales Winter 1992-1993 • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, Winter 1992/1993 1992) 72 · artwork
- "Blood Moon" by Owl Goingback
- The Call of Cthulhu • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft 73 · novelette
- "The Vengeance of Nitocris" by Tennessee Williams
- Weird Tales, February 1928 (cover) • (1978) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, February 1928 1928) 102 · artwork
- "Dead Jack and The Case of the Bloody Fairy" by James Aquilone
- The Call of Cthulhu • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 103 · artwork
- "Slaughter House" by Richard Matheson
- The Circle: Shared Worlds • interior artwork by uncredited 104 · artwork
- "The World Breaker" by Blake Northcott
- The Circle: Shared Worlds • essay by Lisa Diane Kastner 105 · essay
- "Scratch-off Universe" by Hailey Piper
- Robert E. Howard • (2010) • interior artwork by uncredited 118 · artwork
- "Church at the Bottom of the Sea" by Michael A. Arnzen
- Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 119 · novelette
- "Prezzo" by Keith R. A. DeCandito
- Weird Tales, November 1932 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1932 1932) 148 · artwork
- "How To Make the Animal Perfect?" by Linda D. Addison
- Worms of the Earth • (1932) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox 149 · artwork
- "Jagganath" by Karin Tidbeck
- Weird Tales, November 1935 (cover) • (1979) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1935 1935) 150 · artwork
- "Bait" by Dana Fredsti
- Weird Tales, December 1934 (cover) [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934) 150 · artwork
- "The Damp Man" by Allison V. Harding
- Weird Tales, June 1933 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1933 1933) 150 · artwork
- "NecronomiCommedia: Dante, Doré, nad the Root of Lovecraftian Horror" by Jacopo della Quercia and "Christopher Neumann
- Weird Tales, May 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1934 1934) 150 · artwork
- "Lady Cataract Comes to the Mosque" by Usman T. Malik
- Weird Tales, September 1933 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1933 1933) 150 · artwork
- "Cupid is a Knavish Lad" by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Sword and Sorcery: Weird Tales and Beyond • essay by Charles R. Rutledge 151 · essay
- "Vampire Chaser" by Anne Walsh Miller
- Weird Tales, December 1932 (cover) • (1972) • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1932 1932) 153 · artwork
- Weird Tales, August 1934 (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1934 1934) 155 · artwork
- The Fellowship of the Ring (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan (variant of cover art for The Fellowship of the Ring 1965) 157 · artwork
- Science Fantasy, June 1961 (cover) • (1981) • interior artwork by Brian Lewis (variant of cover art for Science Fantasy, June 1961 1961) 158 · artwork
- Darkness Weaves (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Darkness Weaves 1978) 160 · artwork
- Weird Tales #366, Winter 2022, Sword & Sorcery Issue • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, No. 366 2022) 163 · artwork
- Cosmic Horror • interior artwork by uncredited 164 · artwork
- Cosmic Horror • essay by James A. Moore 165 · essay
- Weird Tales #367, Spring 2023, Cosmic Horror Issue • interior artwork by Mike Mignola 169 · artwork
- Arched Bridges—Blackout Poetry • poem by Jessica McHugh 170 · poem
- Weird Tales, October 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1934 1934) 178 · artwork
- The Black God's Kiss • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1934) • novelette by C. L. Moore (variant of Black God's Kiss) 179 · novelette
- The Black God's Kiss • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 201 · artwork
- Weird Tales, September 1950 • interior artwork by Bill Wayne (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1950 1950) 202 · artwork
- Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh] 203 · novelette
- Legal Rites • (1950) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston 230 · artwork
- Back Cover Illustration of Ray Bradbury • interior artwork by David Hartman (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, Fall 2012 2012) 232 · artwork
- The Scythe • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury 233 · story
- Weird Tales, July 1943 (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by E. Franklin Wittmack (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1943 1943) 247 · artwork
- The Scythe • (1943) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston 247 · artwork
- Weird Tales, December 1925 • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1925 1925) 248 · artwork
- A Portrait of Jules de Grandin • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of Dr. De Grandin 1937) 248 · artwork
- Who Ya Gonna Call?: The Evolution of Occult Detective Fiction • essay by Henry Herz 249 · essay
- The Tenants of Broussac • (1925) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 254 · artwork
- Blood Moon • poem by Owl Goingback 264 · poem
- Blood Moon • interior artwork by uncredited 264 · artwork
- The Vengeance of Nitocris • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 266 · artwork
- The Vengeance of Nitocris • (1928) • short story by Tennessee Williams [as by Thomas Lanier Williams] 267 · story
- Weird Tales, August 1928 • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1928 1928) 279 · artwork
- Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy • interior artwork by Colton Worley 280 · artwork
- Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy • short story by James Aquilone 281 · story
- Dead Jack and the Case of the Bloody Fairy [2] • interior artwork by Colton Worley 290 · artwork
- Back Cover Illustration of Richard Matheson • interior artwork by Jeff Wong (variant of Richard Matheson 2014) 292 · artwork
- Slaughter House • (1953) • novelette by Richard Matheson 293 · novelette
- Weird Tales, July 1953 (cover) • (1953) • interior artwork by W. H. Silvey (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1953) 324 · artwork
- Slaughter House • (1953) • interior artwork by Joseph Eberle 324 · artwork
- The World Breaker • short story by Blake Northcott 327 · story
- The World Breaker • interior artwork by uncredited 327 · artwork
- Scratch-off Universe • short story by Hailey Piper 345 · story
- Scratch-off Universe • interior artwork by uncredited 345 · artwork
- Scratch-off Universe [2] • interior artwork by uncredited 350 · artwork
- The Church at the Bottom of the Sea • poem by Michael A. Arnzen 356 · poem
- The Church at the Bottom of the Sea • interior artwork by uncredited 356 · artwork
- Prezzo • interior artwork by uncredited 358 · artwork
- Prezzo • short story by Keith R. A. DeCandido 359 · story
- How to Make the Animal Perfect? • poem by Linda D. Addison 378 · poem
- How to Make the Animal Perfect? • interior artwork by uncredited 378 · artwork
- Jagannath • interior artwork by uncredited 380 · artwork
- Jagannath • (2011) • short story by Karin Tidbeck 381 · story
- Bait • short story by Dana Fredsti 393 · story
- Bait • interior artwork by uncredited 393 · artwork
- Weird Tales Club • (1941) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok 397 · artwork
- The Damp Man • interior artwork by uncredited 398 · artwork
- The Damp Man • [Damp Man] • (1947) • novelette by Allison V. Harding 399 · novelette
- Weird Tales, July 1947 (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1947 1947) 432 · artwork
- The Damp Man • (1947) • interior artwork by John Giunta 432 · artwork
- Forest of Suicides • interior artwork by Gustave Doré? 434 · artwork
- NecronomiCommedia: Dante, Doré, and the Root of Lovecraftian Horror • essay by Christopher Neumann and Jacopo della Quercia 435 · essay
- Illustration for "Paradise Lost" • interior artwork by Gustave Doré? 436 · artwork
- Lucifer • interior artwork by Gustave Doré? 438 · artwork
- Into the Abyss on Geryon's Back • interior artwork by Gustave Doré? 438 · artwork
- Severed Head of Bertrandde Born • interior artwork by Gustave Doré? 438 · artwork
- Cupid Is a Knavish Lad • novelette by Laurell K. Hamilton 449 · novelette
- Cupid Is a Knavish Lad • interior artwork by uncredited 449 · artwork
- Lady Cataract Comes to the Mosque • interior artwork by uncredited 452 · artwork
- Lady Cataract Comes to the Mosque • short story by Usman T. Malik 453 · story
- Vampire Chaser • poem by Anne Walsh 476 · poem
- Vampire Chaser • interior artwork by uncredited 476 · artwork
- Contributor Biographies (Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird) • essay by uncredited 479 · essay
- Weird Tales, October 1933 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1933 1933) 488 · artwork
- bep • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (back end papers) • interior artwork by Francesco Francavilla and Abigail Larson artwork
Contributors
- Francesco Francavilla
- Cover artist
- Yes, but the artists are unknown
- Illustrator
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Date
- October 2023
- Source file
- WeirdTales-100YearsofWeird-BlackstonePublishing.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
- Publisher
- Weird Tales Presents / Blackstone Publishing
- Date
- October 2023