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