Weirdbook #36 presents another great assortment of stories and poems in the Weird Tales fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, and the just plain unclassifiable find a home here! Included Burn on the Bayou, by L.F. Falconer The Mumbler, by Gillian French Cleric at Sentinel Hill, by Franklyn Searight Whores and Criminals, by Dean Macallister The Quiet on the Water, by C. C. Adams The Haggard Brothers Go to Town, by James Pratt The Awakening, by Megan Neumann Dead Line, by D.C. Lozar The Waterman's Song, by MB Vigil Maleficium, by Kelly Gould The Green Dome, by Joe DiCicco We Who Walk on Worlds, by Matt Sullivan Insect Song, by William Tea The Harvest Moon Festival, by Gigi Eng Like Falling Snow, by W.D. Clifton The Oldest Story, by S. L. Edwards Geronimo Versus Frankenstein, by Neal Privett The Black-and-White Dozen, by Chris Kuriata Omzetten, by C.M. Muller Vandegald's Globes, by Jeremy Hayes
Another excellent issue ofWeirdbook, featuring not only a new Cthulhu Mythos story (Cleric at Sentinel Hill" by Franklyn Searight), but a whole slew of weird and fantastic stories, poetry, and artwork, some of my favorites being "Insect Song" by William Tea (a story that tells us that you can't go home again and you probably shouldn't even want to), "Vandegald's Globes" by Jeremy Hayes (which turns the curisoity shop motif on its ear), "Dead Line" by D.C Lozar (about a haunted telephone booth, of all things), and so many others, too numerous to describe, but they are all gems. An outstanding issue!
This edition of Weirdbook turned out to be full of delights - creepy as well as immensely enjoyable. Poetry is rather incompatible with me. So I would like to mention my favourite prose pieces included here: 1. 'Burn on the Bayou' by L.F.Falconer 2. 'The Quiet on the Water' by C.C.Adams 3. 'The Awakening' by Megan Neumann 4. 'Dead Line' by D.C.Lozar 5. 'The Waterman's Song' by M.B.Vigil 6. 'Maleficium' by Kelly Gould 7. 'Insect Song' by William Tea 8. 'The Harvest Moon Festival' by Gigi Eng 9. 'Like Falling Snow' by W.D.Clifton 10. 'The Oldest Story' by S.L.Edwards 11. 'Geronimo Versus Frankenstein' by Neal Privett 12. 'Omzetten' by C.M.Muller 13. 'Vandegald's Globes' by Jeremy Hayes As you can understand, with so many memorable stories herein, average or clunkers can be safely disregarded. This one is a natural five-starrer, in my opinion.