Does the new issue of WEIRD TALES feature a remarkable story of Norse myth running drunken and amok through modern-day Wisconsin, courtesy of novelist Barth Anderson? It does.

Does it feature Tanith Lee conjuring up a vignette about a lonely woman who calls to the netherworld, with pictures by maverick illustrator Molly Crabapple? It does.

Does it follow new contributor Paul M. Berger to Japan for the 100-percent true story of his nightmarish experience sharing an apartment with giant hairy spiders that watched him while he slept? Oh, it does.

Does it offer up Weird Tales columnist Elizabeth Genco's chat with comics scribe-turned-urban fantasist Mike Carey? It most certainly does.

And does it kick things off with the indescribable "Bob Bodey's Body Parts," the very first published story by writer-to-keep-an-eye-on William Markly O'Neal? You'd better believe it does.

Oh, and by the way -- is all that only a taste of the well-spiced delicacies within? Are there twice again that many original tales of the bizarre and unusual to be savored as well, not to mention more interviews, book reviews, and all-around oddness?

That is correct. Enjoy.