Synopses & Reviews
The mammoth 85th Anniversary Issue of The Unique Magazine features:
FICTION: Heart of Ice by Tanith Lee; Creature by Ramsey Shehadeh; The Yellow Dressing Gown by Sarah Monette; The Talion Moth by John Kirk; Detours on the Way to Nothing by Rachel Swirsky; Black Petals (new Elric novella) by Michael Moorock.
SPECIAL FEATURE: The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.
POETRY: A Compleynte on the Deth of Sir William Thatcher, Sumtyme Ycleped Ulrich of Lichtenstein by Geoffrey Chaucer.
NONFICTION: Interview: Jeff VanderMeer chats with weird fantasy novelist China Meville; Weirdism: Stephen Geigen-Miller on his pulp-fiction heritage; Lost Pages: Ira Marcks presents a snapshot of modern Innsmouth...; Lost in Lovecraft: ...and Kenneth Hite explores why H.P.L.'s characters sought asylum in Arkham; Excerpt: Csilla Csori discusses the science of Dune's gholas and how to raise the dead; The Bazaar: Cherie Priest meets a steampunk Cthulhoid amulet crafter; The Cryptic: Darrell Schweitzer on the enduring power of the Blob; The Library: Book reviews.