http://weirdtales.net/wordpress The original magazine of the unique, fantastic & bizarre Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:54:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Weird Tales presents an sf/fantasy poetry slam. Come one, come all! Contribute or just appreciate. Cherie Priest, Stephen Segal, Rogue. and others... Saturday, September 4 at 4:00 pm; Greenbriar Room at the Hyatt Hotel. http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/09/01/dragoncon-rhythmatica/ Steff Metal provides a list of rugose and eldritch creations to solve your present-buying woes (or perhaps indulge in for yourself). Tremble before this epic list of Cthulhu-themed gifts! One example is shown below: A charming cephalopod ski mask from Tracy Widdress's Brutal Knitting. http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/09/01/eldritch-gifts-for-the-lovecraftian/ http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/31/1595/ We know...you've been wanting more of our nifty "One-Minute Weird Tales." We finally have a new one: "Best Dressed" by R. Scott McCoy. The video was created by Gregory Bossert. Embed them to your heart's content — and be sure to follow us via RSS, LiveJournal, or Facebook to catch them ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/30/one-minute-weird-tales-vol2-no1/ Weird Tales celebrates the eerily sensuous in its summer issue featuring Catherine M. Valente, Ian R. MacLeod, Theodora Goss, Margaret Brundage and more... [caption id="attachment_1606" align="alignnone" width="228" caption="Weird Tales #356/Summer2010"][/caption] http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/30/coming-soon-the-uncanny-beauty-issue/ Original FIction: Mr. Nine and the Gentleman Ghost by Aidan Doyle copyright © 2010 / May not be reproduced without permission Elisabeth gave her invitation to the valet and received a gilt-edged program in return. It welcomed her to the Bearbrass Gentle Ladies Society Monthly Ball. The valet glanced at Elisabeth’s ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/30/mr-nine-and-the-gentleman-ghost/ HPLFF: September 11, 2010 • Warner Grand, LA California CthulhuCon: October 1-2-3, 2010 • Hollywood Theatre, Portland Oregon After fourteen successful years of sell-out crowds in Portland, Oregon, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® arises in Southern California on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 2pm-10pm at the classic Warner Grand Theater ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/30/hp-lovecraft-film-festival-cthulhu-con/ With The Interactive Lovecraft, affectionately known by the internal codename Project Space Squid, students and alumni of the Vancouver Film School are creating a cutting-edge transmedia interactive magazine experience for the tablet marketplace, incorporating text, video, and games that will include adaptations of five seminal Lovecraft stories: The Call of C’Thulhu,Dagon, The Dunwich Horror, The ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/07/27/project-space-squid-new-life-for-hp-lovecraft/ Weird Tales sorrowfully reports the passing of editor emeritus George H. Scithers, our longtime teacher and friend. George passed away April 19 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, from complications following a heart attack suffered the morning of April 17. He was 80. He had been in declining health for the ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/04/19/george-h-scithers-1929-2010-2/ Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, has (again!) been nominated for a Hugo Award as Best Semiprozine. Weird Tales won its first Hugo last year. Nominations for the year 2009 were announced by Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, ... http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/04/09/weird-tales-nominated-for-hugo/