Weird Tales #355: The Steampunk Spectacular Issue

Weird Tales is the original storytelling magazine of the dark and fantastic. This issue: our Spring Steampunk Spectacular features Cherie Priest on her airships-and-zombies epic “Boneshaker”; an exclusive excerpt from Boilerplate, the biography of a 19th-century robot soldier; an unforgettable novelette from Lisa Mantchev & James L. Grant; awesome cover art by Molly Crabapple; and much more! FICTION: “Love, Must” by Kurt Kirchmeier; “Hungry Ghosts” by Jay Lake; “The Gingerbread House” by Kater Cheek; “Dedalus and the Labyrinth” by J.M. McDermott; “As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers” by James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev FEATURES: “Book of the Century” – Cherie Priest breaks down the whys and wherefores of a Civil War-era steampunk Seattle. “The Secret Mechanical Man” – Meet Boilerplate, the robot who rode with Teddy Roosevelt! Creators Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett give us the scoop in this exclusive from their new book. DEPARTMENTS: The Bazaar – rusty metal giants lurk in the shadow of Mt. Rainier The Library – Jesse Bullington on the vulgar Brothers Grossbart Lost In Lovecraft – the anti-messianic town of Dunwich POETRY: “Final Flight of the Sagittarius Rising” by Samantha Henderson “Utterances” by Christina Springer Cover illustration by Molly Crabapple