WT’s fiction editor is interviewed on the reality that underlies great fantasy fiction.

Pretty Scary, the women-in-horror webzine, has posted a wide-ranging interview with WT fiction editor Ann VanderMeer. Read her thoughts on genre trends, the meaning of weird, and the spectrum of fantastic woman authors on bookshelves today.

How do you write about a legend? Especially a legend who is still alive? R.J. Downes, a Toronto-based playwright, decided to take on Ray Bradbury, one of the most celebrated fantastic-fiction writers of all time, and his bonne vivante wife, Marguerite. The resulting drama, “Without Whom,” currently running at the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a [...]

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!

The author of the blockbuster Kushiel’s Dart series chats with WT correspondent Elizabeth Genco.

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?

The bestselling epic-fantasy novelist recalls his days in horror and science fiction.

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.