The Weird and Whatnot is an ever-growing community of authors, artists, poets, and readers. The speculative stories, art, and poetry in this publication are quirky, creepy, fantastic, and just a little weird. Read about a musical angel of death, a mythical being looking for a rebrand, and a swarm of insects with delusions of grandeur. We have magical vacuums, vengeful goddesses, and sci-fi ghosts. Are you sure you want to enter here? You might never go back to normal again. In this issue: Who Said Grim Reapers Can’t Be Musically Inclined? by Avra Margariti A Literal Catastrophe by James Rumpel Afterlife by Juleigh Howard-Hobson Citizen Standing by Jessica Brook Johnson Cold Call by Tom Elliott Drone by Josh Moody Haunted Circuits by Laila Amado Hestia’s First Oracle by Cash Myron Toklas M.A.’s Muse by E.D. Burnette No Time Without Mistakes by Michael C. Stanek Fish Eyed Boy by Sean Marmon Parasympathy by Anatoly Belilovsky The Empire of the Star People by Sean Mabry The Cost of Keeping House by T.R. Scribbler He Who is in the Place of Embalming by Dawn Vogel The Keeper by Laura J. Campbell Seal, Shark, Bloom by Jen Sexton-Riley Cover Illustration by Scott Grove