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Weirdbook 31

Douglas Draa (Editor)

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Dec 25, 2015 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it

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'Weird' is resurrected, and seeks your identity: Weirdbook Magazine aims to deliver a menu of genres: “fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, ghost, horror, heroic fantasy, science fantasy or just plain odd” (quote from their submission requests online). This is fitting because “Weird Fiction” grew out of the pulp magazine era (~1920’s) when the above list was all mashed into one genre. In 1967 W. Paul Ganley edited Weirdbook magazine, its compelling run ceased in 1997 (Back issues available ...more

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May 11, 2019 Riju Ganguly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

'Weird' means a lot of things. This ambitious reboot of the concept of Weirdbook tries to cover a significant number of those variations within its slim shape.
Did it succeed? Quantitatively, yes. Qualitatively, not entirely, but...
Let me go one-by-one.
After the brief but interesting introductions penned by Editor et.al, we come across lots of stuff. They include eight (8) poems, of which I am no judge. I can only explain how I felt about the fictional pieces.
1. John R. Fultz's "Chivaine": Nice, ...more

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Feb 14, 2016 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

'Weird' is resurrected, and seeks your identity, Weirdbook Magazine aims to deliver a menu of genres: “fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, ghost, horror, heroic fantasy, science fantasy or just plain odd” (quote from their submission requests online). This is fitting because “Weird Fiction” grew out of the pulp magazine era (~1920’s) when the above list was all mashed into one genre. In 1967 W. Paul Ganley edited Weirdbook magazine, its compelling run ceased in 1997 (Back issues available ...more

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