In this third issue of Spectral Realms, a number of leading contemporary authors of weird fiction—Nicole Cushing, Don Webb, Darrell Schweitzer, Jonathan Thomas, and Jason V Brock—step up to contribute poems of strangeness and terror. In addition, such prominent poets as Wade German, Ann K. Schwader, Fred Phillips, Chad Hensley, Mike Allen, and Leigh Blackmore are represented. Adam Bolivar contributes another lengthy weird ballad, while up-and-coming poets such as K. A. Opperman, Christina Sng, Ian Futter, and DJ Tyrer add an array of diverse and evocative verses. Among the classic reprints are rare poems by A. Merritt and Bruce Boston, as well as a trio of poems by one of America’s leading poets, Dana Gioia.
Leigh Blackmore completes his two-part analysis of the life and work of Leah Bodine Drake. Michael Dirda, one of the nation’s most prominent literary critics, supplies a lengthy and penetrating review of the recent Hippocampus Press edition of Park Barnitz’s classic volume The Book of Jade (1901).
With this issue, Spectral Realms continues to foster the renaissance of weird poetry by the publication of new and old poems as well as trenchant reviews and criticism.
Table of Contents
Poetry
Song of the Rushes / M. F. Webb
In Fits of Wildest Dreaming / K. A. Opperman
Inheritance / Christina Sng
Rune / Wade German
Preserves / G. O. Clark
Barley Night / Jonathan Thomas
Ode to Hecate / Liam Garriock
A Shuddery Tale / Charles Lovecraft
Arcane Stars / DJ Tyrer
Northern Lights/ Mary Krawczak Wilson
Always Look under the Bed / Mark McLaughlin
The Cave of Ebon Boughs / D. L. Myers
The Empty Room / Darrell Schweitzer
Dolls / Jason V Brock
Painted Ladies / David Barker
Brownfields / John Mundy
Even Madness Cannot Hide / Ashley Dioses
Revelation / Fred Phillips
Daemon Insectarium / Chad Hensley
Sorcerers in Love / Don Webb
Moonrise / Christina Sng
The Game of Cat and Dragon / Pat Calhoun
Lovers’ Wine / Stanley Gemmell
Childe Jackson Drake / Adam Bolivar
Zann / Ian Futter
The Golden Diadem / Leigh Blackmore
To See or Not to See? / Nicole Cushing
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs / Jonathan Thomas
Butterfly / Carole Abourjeili
Carcosa in Mind / DJ Tyrer
The Death of Twilight / D. L. Myers
Tragic, Trembling Giant / Linda D. Addison
Witches at the Switches / David Barker
My Heart’s Thin Veil / Margi Curtis
Clarethea / K. A. Opperman
Ghoul of the Enamel / Jason Sturner
A Queen in Hell / Ashley Dioses
Azathoth / Charles Lovecraft
Waking / Ian Futter
Spinal Piano / Reiss McGuinness
The Thirst of Sekhmet / Ann K. Schwader
The Shadow within Darkness / Randall Larson
Guardians of the Seven Gates / Chad Hensley
Schadenfreude / John Mundy
Dead Pale Moon / Leigh Blackmore
To Reach Carcosa / Mark McLaughlin
Sand Bar / Jonathan Thomas
Toujours Il Coûte Trop Cher / Mike Allen and C. S. E. Cooney
Alone in the Desert / Mary Krawczak Wilson
Mother / Christina Sng
The Perfect Rose / Ashley Dioses
End Times / DJ Tyrer
The Lich’s Last Laugh / Dan Clore
A Garden of Unearthly Delights / Marge Simon
Masque Macabre / K. A. Opperman
Gorgoneion / Oliver Smith
Unexpected Meetings / Ian Futter
Black Panther / David Barker
Classic Reprints
Old Trinity Churchard / A. Merritt
Illumination in the Mutant Rain Forest / Bruce Boston
Three Songs from Nosferatu / Dana Gioia
Articles
“Figures in a Nightmare”—The Poetry of Leah Bodine Drake: Part 2 / Leigh Blackmore
Reviews
Studies of Death / Michael Dirda
Two from Eldritch / D. L. Myers
Notes on Contributors
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 15 July, 2015.
