Weirdbook #43

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Darrell Schweitzer. Weirdbook #43

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FROM THE EDITOR’S TOWER

IN MEMORIAM: JOSEPH S. PULVER, SR

AN AMERICAN STORY, by Darrell Schweitzer

DANSE MACABRE, by Jeff Barnes

IMPERVIOUS TO REASON, OBLIVIOUS TO FATE, by John R. Fultz

A SUM TOTAL, by Maxwell I. Gold

THE RIVER, by Sharon Cullars

NIGHT HAG, by Neva Bryan

TAKING OUT THE TRASH, by D.C. Lozar

WHAT IS THE SEASON?, by Ashley Dioses

ARTHUR WARDROBE AND ASIA ANASTACIA: A LOVE STORY, by Andrew Darlington

SNACK TIME, by Franklyn Searight

EMPRESS OF VAMPIRES, by K.A. Opperman

GODLIKE, by Edward Morris and Konstantine Paradias

DARK RIFT, by Ann K. Schwader

RONKONKOMA, by Glynn Owen Barrass

KING’S PYRE, by W.D. Clifton

THE DRAGON’S GOLD, by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa

THE FURY OF ANGELS, by Adrian Cole

KEISHA’S DINOSAUR, by Nicole Givens Kurtz

WILL HOME REMEMBER ME?, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr

YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS SONG, by Michael S. Walker

THE PUMPKIN BOY ON SAMHAIN, by Chad Hensley

FROZEN TIME, by by Rivka Jacobs

GOL-GOROTH FANE, by Frederick J. Mayer

LUCIEN GREYSHIRE AND THE GHOST FROM APPLEBEE’S, by L.F. Falconer

DOOM OF THE SEASON, by Gregg Chamberlain

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It wasn’t him, of course. It wasn’t human. It was green, and dripping, and comprised of fibers and leaves and tendrils, like one of those Renaissance paintings in which the human form is made up from fruits and vegetables, but it spoke with Freddy’s voice, and when Blodgers discovered it, he sent for the valet, and the two of them got the thing cleaned up, and touched up with a little makeup, and dressed in the proper clothes, and before long it could more or less pass, at least in a dim light, as Lord Cheebleford.

My dad had dinner with it on several occasions. There was a lot more meat on the menu than there had been previously. Freddy had been somewhat of a vegetarian, a preference he’d picked up in India. But now, it was meat and more meat, served almost raw. But he gradually came to look more human. The tendrils and fibers on his face blended together into something that looked more like skin, particularly if powdered with a bit of talc.

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