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The 'fantastique naturel': the weird axolotl

I'm into weird stuff and anthologies. So I'm happy with the new book The Weird, dedicated to 20th century literature in the category weird fiction, a book I discovered while researching Dino Buzzati (check out this [1] and this [2]). It was put together by Jeff VanderMeer and his wife Ann.

But...

Yes, there is a but.

The cover of this anthology is ugly beyond belief.

Beyond belief is perhaps putting it too strongly and I don't like negative criticism without at least providing an alternative.

So why not have put an axolotl on the cover? A good choice since there is also a short story by my favourite author Julio Cortázar in the anthology titled "Axolotl" and the axolotl is a creature like the star-nosed mole and the baby armadillo by Dora Maar which belongs in the category 'fantastique naturel' and the fantastique is the natural precursor of weird fiction.

Axolotl [3] (2008) by LoKiLeCh

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