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Weird
Tales85 years
of the unique,fantastic &
bizarre
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Launched 1923
Mission to ser!e "readers
#ho a$$reciate the #eird,the bizarre, the unusual%%%
'irth of the (ass)(ediafantasy*+*horror industry
-onnected $ul$)fiction biz #ith literary tradition
of .o(er, /ante,+ha0es$eare,
+helley, oe, erne
ri4ins
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Establishing framework
Lunatics, #ere#ol!es, $irates, 0illerfun4us, e!il cults, ancient lost tribes,
inter$lanetary 4ood !s% e!il, !oodoo,necro$hilia, 4hosts, sea ser$ents,
(ad scientists, #oods(en, #itches%%%and that #as all before 1928
Popular contributors
+eabury 6uinn, Manly Wade Well(an,
7obert 'loch, -atherine % Moore,.enry uttner, :reye La +$ina,
ran0 'el0na$ Lon4, :%:% endar!es,Mary lizabeth -ounsel(an,
% .off(an rice, d(ond .a(ilton
'irthin4 the :enre
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ditor arns#orth Wri4ht'lended the brilliantly crazy and
the en4a4in4ly co((ercial
.%% Lo!ecraft-os(ic horror of the -thulhu (ythos
7obert % .o#ard+#ord & sorcery #* -onan et al%
-lar0 ;shton +(ith/ar0 #orldbuildin4 & fantasy $oetry
Mar4aret 'runda4eLush & contro!ersial co!er art
ir4il inlay<nbelie!ably intricate
blac0 & #hite illustrations
193=s .eyday
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'runda4e>s fetish)fashion artal#ays (ost successful &
tal0ed about
+et the sta4e for endurin4 lin0bet#een + fando( and
4othic fetish cro#d
?Li0e#ise Weird Tales 4reat
7ay 'radbury (ade theconnection bet#een + and
tattoos in "@llustrated Man and"+o(ethin4 Wic0edA
The -o!ers
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'runda4e>s art not BustseCy D also $erfectly
desi4ned for (a4azine
co!ers, unli0e (any $ul$s
+tron4 central fi4ures #ith $hysical tension
'ri4ht, li(ited $alettes
one $o#erful (ain color
7oo( for real headlines
;dds u$ to 4reat co!ersEtryin4 to re$licate today
The -o!ers
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<nli0e $ul$ + (a4azines,Weird Tales al#ays had stron4 fe(ale $resence
192=s :reye La +$ina WT>s first #ere#olf classic,
"@n!aders fro( the /ar0
193=s -%L% Moore
first heroine of s#ord &sorcery, Firel of Foiry
19G=s /orothy Mc@l#raith first #o(an fantasy)
(a4azine editorH
antasy for e!eryone
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'rief atte($ts to re!i!ethrou4hout >I=s and >J=s
inally relaunched for 4ood in the >8=s
ublished ne#er #eirdauthors +te$hen in4,
Tho(as Li4otti, :ene Wolfe,
Tanith Lee, Feff anderMeer,Michael 'isho$, etc%
+e!eral s(all)$ress$ublishers before latest
acquisition in 2==5
7esurrection
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+a(e #eird (ission,ne# #eird 4eneration
;s frea0y in the 2===s as it #as in the 193=s
Writers and artists fro(all across #orld culture
7e(e(berin4 Lo!ecraft etc% but brin4in4 ne#
& eCcitin4 sorts of#eirdness e!ery issue
The Ke# ra
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Le4endary authors &(e(orable debuts
85 Weirdest +torytellers of the ast 85 ears
!ents throu4hout 2==8
Library of -on4ressKe# or0 -o(ic -on!ention
World +cience iction -on/ra4on-on
85th ;nni!ersary
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August '08@nternational issue
October '08arious .allo#een fun
January '09d4ar ;llan oe>s
2==th birthday
+tuff to co(e The 'azaar,(ore stran4e !isual stories,
(ore ne# online contentincludin4 #eird (usic and
historical archi!es
The uture