ABOUT THE COVER ARTIST: Lynne Hansen

This issue’s cover was created by horror artist Lynne Hansen.

“I was so excited to be asked to create cover art for Weird Tales,” Hansen said, “but with 363 other covers before mine, the pressure was on! I wanted to do something that honored the 97-year grand pulp tradition of the magazine, but also felt contemporary. Using Tim Waggoner’s story ‘Feathers’ as a jumping off point, I chose a pregnant African American woman as the main character. I named the piece ‘Becoming’ — a reference to the transformation of the woman, myself as an artist, and Weird Tales itself.“

Lynne Hansen specializes in book covers and her clients include Cemetery Dance Publications, Thunderstorm Books and Raw Dog Screaming Press. Her art has been commissioned and collected throughout the United States and overseas. In 2021, Art-Haus Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia will host her solo art show “Lyrical Nightmares: The Art of Lynne Hansen.”

You can find her on the web at LynneHansenArt.com and at @LynneHansenArt on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.