Weird tales. #351, November/December 2008, vol. 63, no. 4

FEATURES: - The weird animation of Bill Plympton - Viktor Koen's biomechanical visions - Exclusive excerpt: The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia INTERNATIONAL FICTION SPOTLIGHT: - "First Photograph" by Zoran Zivkovic - "The Gong" by Sara Genge - "The Dream of the Blue Man" by Nir Yaniv - "The Wordeaters" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz - "Out of Sacred Water" by Juraj Cervenak - "Time and the Orpheus" by chiles samaniego - "BleakWarrior Meets the Sons of Brawl" POETRY: - "The Monster With the Shape of Me" by Brian J. Hatcher NONFICTION: - The Library: Elizabeth Genco talks with author Lauren Groff about writing The Monsters of Templeton - The Bazaar: Jessica Joslin's crazy steampunk critters - Weirdism: Robert Isenberg on the cinema's latest obsession with apocalyptic futures - Lost in Lovecraft: Kenneth Hite dives literarily into the Pacific Ocean and pulls up H.P. Lovecraft - Harvey Pelican & Co.: special offers from the esoterica king ARTWORK: - Cover art: "Skelephron" by Viktor Koen - Illustrations by Steven Archer, Hellstern, Ira Marcks and more