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, more.


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.