Bookish: Way of the Weird (4#) -

George H. Scithers, who edited Amazing Stories and helped revive Weird Tales, died April 19th. He was 80 years old. Ed Champion nailed him for an impromptu interview a few years ago, which Ed shares in this blog entry.

# The New Weird: A middled-aged guy in Birmingham sees a former political activist associate of his on TV who has seized hostages in southern England.

All That Follows by Jim Crace reviewed by Giles Foden.

# Peter Straub has a new novel out: A Dark Matter.
:::: It's reviewed at the LAT by Dale Bailey.

# Good news from Christopher Fowler's competition:
:::: The Top 10 stories may have grown into the Top 20!

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