The Weird Fiction Review is an annual periodical devoted to the study of weird and supernatural fiction. This 13th issue contains fiction, poetry, and reviews from leading writers and promising newcomers. Each new volume serves as a guidebook through the strange and otherworldly, offering a map to adventures in cinema, art, and fiction.

This issue explores galleries of monsters by Boleslaw Biegas and a re-assessment of his work. Readers will encounter creatures in "Weird Wheels" hot rods designed by Norman Saunders and Gary Hallgren, and Richard Taylor’s eerie Lovecraftian book cover landscapes, which point toward the work of H.P. devotee Guillermo Del Toro, whose films are analyzed in an article by Danel Olson. The issue also traces the origins of Cthulhu as explored by Will Murray and examines a copy of The Necronomicon in the hands of Robert M. Price.

Bizarre dimensions are laden with new and reprinted fiction by Philip Fracassi, E.C. Tubb, and Scott Bradfield, alongside a surreal exploration of The Twilight Zone by Jason V. Brock. Further content includes a pilot crash landing into an extraterrestrial horror comic by Allen Koszowski, as well as Bruce Elliot’s “Wolves Don’t Cry” and Randall D. Larson’s “The Soul of the Man and The Curse of The Werewolf.” Additionally, a history of Dark Harvest publishing appears in this edition of “Collecting The Modern Macabre.”

The issue is imbued by the influence of painter, sculptor, poet, and master of fiction Clark Ashton Smith. His work connects passages through the decadent, baroque dark humor of Fritz Leiber and Jack Vance, both of whom are covered in a history of the San Francisco Bay area through the lens of weird fiction. Finally, the issue features “Arkham’s First Crocodile,” a story by Jonathan Thomas detailing the perils of stealing magic from a reptilian god. These realms are presented in full color on paper.