A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism
Edited by S. T. Joshi
ISBN 9781614984597 paperback
ISBN TBD ebook (available soon!)
October 2024
321 pp
Cover art by George C. Cotronis. Cover design by Daniel V. Sauer.
Hippocampus Press celebrates the first half-decade of its acclaimed annual magazine of weird fiction, criticism, and poetry with a blockbuster issue containing a dozen stories, a sheaf of cutting-edge critical essays, and ten poems long and short.
Among the fiction contributions are a gorgeous fantasy by Wade German in the manner of Clark Ashton Smith; Carla Ward’s pungent tale of supernatural revenge; weird tales by such veterans as John Shirley and Darrell Schweitzer; and evocative pieces by Katherine Kerestman and Debra K. Every. Among the articles, James Goho studies the provocative work of Joel Lane; Jason V Brock ponders the significance of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone; John C. Tibbetts presents an interview and analysis of the weird work of Brian Aldiss; and Geoffrey Reiter probes the religious significance of Bram Stoker’s last novel.
Verse by such distinguished poets as Frank Coffman, Maxwell I. Gold, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Ann K. Schwader, and others fill out a rich and varied issue.
Contents Fiction Black Shells / Katherine Kerestman Autumn / Anna Taborska The Misting at Emerald Oaks / Joshua Green The Enmity of Xubalba and Zardaak / Wade German Angels Can Poison the Sacred Wine / Scott J. Couturier Darling Daughter / Carla Ward How to Speak to a Cyber God / Maxwell I. Gold Garden Statuary / John Shirley When Dawn Came at Last to Vandajhar / Darrell Schweitzer Ghost Park by Moonlight / Carl E. Reed Mirror Falls / Debra K. Every The Man Who Keeps Halloween / John C. Tibbetts Nonfiction Folktales and Myth in Joel Lane’s Where Furnaces Burn / James Goho Come Figures, Shadows, and Reflections: The Timeless Appeal of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone / Jason V Brock Monsters, Mazes, and Edward Lucas White / Lee Weinstein Robert Nelson, Charles D. Hornig, and the Fantasy Fan: A Motley of Young Talents / Marcos Legaria Eden in Mercia: Recovering Paradise in Bram Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm / Geoffrey Reiter Witch-Hunting Literature 101 / Katherine Kerestman Brian Aldiss: “A Border-Jumping Effrontery” / John C. Tibbetts Echoes of the Self: Fitz-James O’Brien’s Literary “Other” as Ontological Inquiry / John P. Irish Classic Reprints The Tree-Man / Henry S. Whitehead Poetry Return of the Revenant / Carl E. Reed Wind Tarot / Ann K. Schwader Beach Shanty / Katherine Kerestman A Union in Carcosa / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa Cold, Colder thy Kiss / Oliver Smith The Ogham Stone / Frank Coffman Threnody for the Witch of Kings Cross / Manuel Pérez-Campos Ave, Nightmare / Carl E. Reed The Keeper of the Lighthouse at Land’s End / Kendall Evans August’s Pumpkin / Scott J. Couturier Notes on Contributors
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 24 October, 2024.
