Status Updates From The Weird: A Compendium of ...

Any collection of weird fiction has to contend with Lovecraft, but I wish this collection plainly called out his and others' bigotry rather than labelling the ways in which these writers actively harmed readers as "problematic" to a modern audience. That says nothing. Be real and say they were racist, or sexist, or homophobic, or whatever.

And maybe stop using Lovecraft's approval as a measuring stick for quality.

THE DISSECTION - Georg Heym

A grotesque marionette show at a masquerade ball, with a gruesome ending

THE MAN IN THE BOTTLE - Gustav Meyrink

A heist!! Let’s go into the dark wood to steal giant emeralds from the evil gnoses and see what happens.

HOW NUTH WOULD HAVE PRACTISED HIS ART UPON THE GNOLES - Lord Dunsany