Bestselling dark-fantasy novelist Melissa Marr chats with WT contributing editor Elizabeth Genco about muses, the allure of the otherworldly, and the vine of lilies creeping up her body.

While we’re all waiting for her first issue to arrive from the printer, WEIRD TALES fiction editor Ann VanderMeer drops in at the great website ReadersVoice.com to introduce herself, talk about her background in fantasy and literature, and muse upon the past, present and future of the magazine. Check it out!

Dark fantasy author Jacqueline Carey chats with WEIRD TALES correspondent Elizabeth Genco. Find out what exactly the woman behind the bestselling Kushiel’s Dart series has to say about “smutty military cadences sung by Julius Caesar’s men.”

Senior contributing editor Darrell Schweitzer chats with author and World Fantasy Convention guest of honor Lisa Tuttle about writing the supernatural. Where does the suspension of disbelief end and actual belief begin?

Bestselling fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin tells WEIRD TALES senior editor Darrell Schweitzer in an in-depth interview: “I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep… The ice-cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice-cream…”

Joe Lansdale chats with Chet Williamson about war, religious fundamentalism, and Bubba Ho-Tep. Oh, and there are a few words about writing horror, too.

He’s written songs for Blue Öyster Cult, movies like The Crow, and pioneering sci-fi novels. In between, he’s humped Christmas trees and gotten into onstage brawls with rival bands. John Shirley tells his pal and agent Paula Guran about the darkness, the light, and the poetry of it all.