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!

Look, everyone knows all about STEPHEN KING’s crazy insane stories. So let’s just move on and… consider the import of that fact. Everyone knows all about Stephen King’s crazy insane stories. Horror is supposedly the literature of the freak, the outsider, the weirdo — and, writing it, Stephen King became the most popular author in the world. So listen up, all you young freaks and geeks and rejects, we’ve got a message for you: Hang in there. Don’t give up hope. Because, in the end, you win.