March 2, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DNA PUBLICATIONS, INC. IS NOW PUBLISHING WEIRD TALES®
DNA Publications, Inc. the publisher of Absolute Magnitude and Dreams of
Decadence announced today that it will be adding Weird Tales®, the
oldest genre magazine, to its publication list. The first issue will
appear on the newsstands this summer and will thereafter be published
quarterly. “I’m extremely proud and excited,” says Warren Lapine,
publisher, “to be able to celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of
Weird Tales® by bringing the name back into the publishing arena. I’m
looking forward to taking Weird Tales® into the next millennium. I
understand the importance of the title and I plan to publish it with the
dignity, respect, and honor that it deserves.”
Founded in March of 1923, Weird Tales® helped launch the careers of
writers such as Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Fritz
Leiber, August Derleth, and H.P. Lovecraft. March 1998 marks the
seventy fifth anniversary of this venerable magazine, and DNA
Publications is committed to restoring this proud magazine to the
prominence that it once enjoyed. George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer
will continue in their capacity as editors of the magazine, and DNA
Publications, Inc. will be honoring all subscriptions in full. Weird
Tales® has fiction in inventory by Tanith Lee, Melanie Tem, Brian
Stableford, and S.P. Somtow. All fiction submissions should continue to
be sent to Weird Tales®, 123 Crooked Lane, King of Prussia, PA
19406-2570. All other inquires should be addressed to the offices of
DNA Publications, Inc.
DM Net? I'm nat familiar with that one.
Warren
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Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and
sat upon my chest.