FEATURES:<BR>
- The weird animation of Bill Plympton<BR>
- Viktor Koen's biomechanical visions<BR>
- Exclusive excerpt: The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
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INTERNATIONAL FICTION SPOTLIGHT: <BR>
- "First Photograph" by Zoran Zivkovic<BR>
- "The Gong" by Sara Genge<BR>
- "The Dream of the Blue Man" by Nir Yaniv<BR>
- "The Wordeaters" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz<BR>
- "Out of Sacred Water" by Juraj Cervenak<BR>
- "Time and the Orpheus" by chiles samaniego<BR>
- "BleakWarrior Meets the Sons of Brawl"
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POETRY:
- "The Monster With the Shape of Me" by Brian J. Hatcher
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NONFICTION:
- The Library: Elizabeth Genco talks with author Lauren Groff about writing The Monsters of Templeton<BR>
- The Bazaar: Jessica Joslin's crazy steampunk critters<BR>
- Weirdism: Robert Isenberg on the cinema's latest obsession with apocalyptic futures<BR>
- Lost in Lovecraft: Kenneth Hite dives literarily into the Pacific Ocean and pulls up H.P. Lovecraft<BR>
- Harvey Pelican & Co.: special offers from the esoterica king
