Confidence and motivation are things you get by doing, not by opining about your deficiencies. You must DO.

I wore my nightgown over a pair of tropical print capris and suede-fringed boots to give a presentation on the stegosaurus in third grade.

I love all stories about grotesque, pervasive women.

Try an extreme sport (anything besides Ostrich racing).

For this issue, I picture the form of a galactic salmon swimming up a cosmic stream of consciousness, driven to spawn a legacy of weirdness.

I love the idea that we all share atoms.

Tests are inhuman.

It turns out languishing is my most productive posture.

I think we are all put here to teach the world the small talk of love. Or at least, have a damn good laugh.

Whenever I stop writing for any period of time I get incredibly itchy and turn the color of a lusty Elizabethan.

I just want readers to wake up, and see the world in new ways, but not in any particular direction.

One day we’re all going to be locked in battle with the shapeshifting sex arachnoids from the Andromeda Galaxy.

Weird is adjacent to dangerous, centered between dangerous and normal.

Being a writer makes all of life a mystery to almost be solved through the practice of wording.

That’s when he realized they did have something unique in Tempe: absolutely wretched pigeons.

Throughout this complex yet accessible book, nested stories, a grand celebration of art, and myriad teeth abound.

Weird is when something familiar shifts just enough that you suddenly notice the structure underneath it.

Zander’s work allows collaborators to reclaim this history and integrate their personal mythology into their understanding of themselves.

I hope that they too learn to long for liberation from the tyranny of the individualised form and to return to the singular soup of being.

Do you think about your reader? All the time. I hope they’re doing okay. Have you been taking enough time for yourself?

The stories in this issue speak directly to our weird, intuitive selves.

We editors here at Weird Lit Mag are preparing for a week of literary shenanigans.

Have you seen a ghost before? No, but I’ve smelled one.

Be intentional about the media you consume while you’re creating, and don’t be afraid of experimenting.