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FROM THE EDITOR’S TOWER, by Doug Draa

Welcome to Weirdbook #35!

Though April showers may come your way

They bring you Weirdbook that looms in May

(Al Jolson is probably rolling in his grave right now.)

It’s time again! Weirdbook #35 is here, and we’re bringing you another cavalcade of the bizarre, the frightening, the adventurous, and the fantastical! In others words what you are holding is the fix for your weird jones.

This issue contains 17 stories and 5 poems. These were selected from the over 350 submissions that I received last October. I ended up choosing what I felt to be the 58 best stories and poems. In doing this I went overboard in spending my publisher’s hard earned cash by stuffing each issue to bursting with over 80,000 words of content in each issue. That is because I received so much wonderful material that I couldn’t bring myself to let any of it slip by. So hopefully we’ll manage to sell a few extra issues in order to cover the cost overrun.

It’s my deepest and sincerest wish that each and every issue of Weirdbook delivers an enjoyable and satisfying reading experience. Thought is continuously given to balancing the content of each issue, and I hope that each tale is a pleasant surprise.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but we will soon be publishing our very first themed Annual. This year’s theme is “Witches,” and the Annual will be out in time for Halloween.

And, as always, I want to think everyone who has submitted to the magazine, everyone who has supported the magazine, and (of course) everyone who reads the magazine. Bless you all!

In closing I want to dedicate this issue to the memory of my step brother Stephen Leibrand, who left us a few weeks ago, so much sooner than he should have. You were a fine man and your passing has left a void that won’t be filled.

Till next issue.