The 85th anniversary issue of Weird Tales features our big list of “The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.” We’re breaking it down online, too: one honoree per day, in no particular order, for 85 days!

KURT VONNEGUT (1922–2007) made us weep for humanity’s Earthbound woes by unsticking Billy Pilgrim in time and letting him be abducted by Tralfamadorians. He showed us what voodoo-inspired government-sponsored weapons research looks like on the road to unintentional Armageddon. He gave us secret paintings, underwater temptresses, and Federal Ethical Suicide Parlors. His book Slaughterhouse-Five was honored on Time magazine’s “100 Best English-Language Novels” list, and his book Breakfast of Champions includes a drawing of his own anus. So it goes.