If you are a subscriber, you’ve probably already received the latest issue (#358). (See? You should subscribe already!)

But we can now officially announce that it is also available for sale online in print and epub formats. Just click the links in the box to the left and you’ll soon be reading some “hellishly” great fiction. Editor Ann discovered she’d selected several stories that featured Hell, demons, and the like was was more than happy to take WT to Hell. There’s also features on Angry Robot Books, weird cinema, Carrie Ann Baade (the cover artist), and weird haute couture; “Lost in Lovecraft” visits Boston.

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IDW & LANSDALE TEAM FOR “DUNWICH HORROR” LOVECRAFT ADAPTATION

IDW Publishing announced H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE DUNWICH HORROR, a comic series with a modern take on Lovecraft’s timeless short story of terror The Dunwich Horror. Starting in October, Joe R. Lansdale will write and artist Peter Bergting will illustrate. “It’s flattering to be working on a Lovecraft project, one of the most influential horror writers of all time,” said Lansdale, a seveneight-time Bram Stoker Award winner. (Yo. Check your facts IDS, Lansdale just won another!)

Lovecraftian fan Cthulhu Chick (from the DC area) attended San Diego ComicCon and brought her hand-sized knits of Cthulhu. with her. She sells her crochets and engages with fellow Lovecraftian admirers in discussion on her blog. Here’s an interview with her on her adventures at SDCC.

SUPERNATURAL returns to the CW on September 23rd for a seventh season. A Lovecraftian storyline started last season and and it looks like Sam and Dean are going to tangle with Cthulhu…check out this trailer

There was also an HPL panel …but have received no reports on it.

Absolute MidnightNew York Times bestselling series of Abarat books—intended for children, but weird enough for us all—will be published later this year. But, for now, there’s now a lavishly illustrated 120-page companion book: Beneath the Surface of Clive Barker’s Abarat.

Beneath The Surface of Clive Barker’s Abarat features access to Barker’s working methods, including his paintings, work-in-progress sketches and early drafts, a brand new interview conducted by a super-smart classroom of Abarat readers and their teacher, the previously unpublished original opening for the Abarat books, lots of teasers for Absolute Midnight, and much more…

Although there is a limited edition of 100 copies of the physical book, they sold out quickly. But the trade digital edition is available and published exclusively at Yudu. The first 9 pages are free to view at Yudu without registration or purchase. To access the full 120-page digital edition, register with Yudu and purchase for £9 (approximately $US15).

With thanks to our friends Phil and Sarah at Revelations: The Official Clive Barker Web Site

Weird Tales has (again!) been nominated for a Hugo Award as Best Semiprozine. Weird Tales won its first Hugo in 2009.