Get a Gleefully Gruesome First Peek at Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

Illustration by Francesco Francavilla

Weird Tales—which delivers exactly the kind of freaky, spooky stories you’d expect—marks its 100th anniversary this year, and is celebrating with the release of illustrated anthology Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird. It’ll include entries from authors like Ray Bradbury and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as contemporary writers.

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“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 the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as ‘The Call of Cthulhu’, ‘Worms of the Earth’, and ‘Legal Rites’ stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.

This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full color and black and white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.”

The book will be out October 10; you can pre-order through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Books-A-Million.

Cover illustration by Francesco Francavilla

Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird is edited by Jonathan Maberry; the cover illustration is by Francesco Francavilla. The collection celebrates the 100th anniversary of Weird Tales, featuring old and new stories from the last 100 years.

“Cthulhu Awakens”

“Cthulhu Awakens” illustration by Bob Eggleton (artwork used for Weird Tales Winter 1992/1993 Special F. Paul Wilson Issue). This art will illustrate the H.P. Lovecraft story in 100 Years of Weird, “The Call of Cthulhu.”

First issue, 1923

Weird Tales March 1923: the very first issue of the magazine.

1946 Canadian release

Weird Tales January 1946: the Canadian release of the magazine.

30th anniversary

Weird Tales March 1953: this issue corresponds to what would have been the 30th anniversary of the magazine.

Ray Bradbury tribute

Back cover of Weird Tales #360, Fall 2012, celebrating the life of Ray Bradbury. The illustration by David Hartman will be used for “The Scythe,” the Bradbury story that appears in 100 Years of Weird.

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