Contents: \* "The Eyrie" (editorial) (Lin Carter) \* "The Chinese Woman" (Evangeline Walton) \* "The Messenger" (Steve Rasnic Tem) \* "To the Nightshade" (poem) (Clark Ashton Smith) \* "The Opposite House" (John Brizzolara and Diane Brizzolara) \* "The Guardian of the Idol" (Robert E. Howard and Gerald W. Page) \* "The Black Garden" (Carl Jacobi) \* "The House of the Temple" (Brian Lumley) \* "The Red Brain" (Donald Wandrei) \* "Annals of Arkya: 5. The Summons" (poem) (Robert A. W. Lowndes) \* "Annals of Arkya: 6. The Viola" (poem) (Robert A. W. Lowndes) \* "Nobody Ever Goes There" (Manly Wade Wellman) \* "The Summons of Nuguth-Yug" (Gary Myers and Marc Laidlaw) \* "The Wind That Tramps the World" (Frank Owen) \* "The Winfield Inheritance" (Lin Carter)

Weird Tales #297 showcases Nancy Springer as the Featured Author and Frank Kelly Freas (who did all the artwork) as the Featured Artist. Other contributors include Thomas Ligotti and John Brunner.

The special Jonathan Carroll issue (all arwork by Featured Artist Thomas Kidd) inclues 4 stories by Carroll, plus contributions from William F. Nolan, Ian Watson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and many more.