The latest issue of Hippocampus Press’s acclaimed journal of weird poetry begins with a moving elegy to the late W. H. Pugmire by Wade German, one of the leading weird poets of our time. Other luminaries of contemporary weird verse, including Christina Sng, Pat Calhoun, K. A. Opperman, Ashley Dioses, and Darrell Schweitzer, are also included.
This issue is distinguished by works displaying virtuosity in a variety of verse forms, including a poetic drama by Tatiana Strange, a rondel by Frank Coffman, ballads by Adam Bolivar and Carl E. Reed, haiku by Geoffrey A. Landis, sonnets by Ann K. Schwader, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and others, and striking examples of free verse by Ross Balcom, Ian Futter, and others. Donald Sidney-Fryer indites a poetic letter to G. Sutton Breiding. And striking prose poems by Manuel Arenas, Liam Garriock, David Barker, and Maxwell Gold highlight the issue.
Among the classic reprints we find an uncollected poem by May Sinclair and a poem by Samuel John Alexander that was much appreciated by Clark Ashton Smith. Marcos Legaria provides the third and final segment of his expansive essay on Robert Nelson’s relations with Clark Ashton Smith, quoting numerous letters by Nelson and also several entire poems. And Donald Sidney-Fryer supplies a detailed review of Frank Coffman’s scintillating volume The Coven’s Hornbook and Other Poems.
In all, this issue demonstrates why Spectral Realms has become the go-to venue for today’s weird poets.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Poems
The Tomb of Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire / Wade German
The Blackbird’s Ghost / Abigail Wildes
Temptation Entombed / David Barker
Eternal Lovers / Carl E. Reed
Covert / F. J. Bergmann
On a Threadbare Photograph of H.P.L. at 66 College St. / Manuel Pérez-Campos
The Witch of Hearts / Chelsea Arrington
The Legend of Vlad and Juztina / Tatiana
A Lady and Her Monster / Christopher Collingwood
The Hill of Bones / G. O. Clark
Space-Time / Ron L. Johnson II
The Monsters Within / Christina Sng
Doctor Fulci’s Fantastic Cure for Nightmares / Liam Garriock
Temple of the Condor / Ann K. Schwader
Subterranean Hungers / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Great Wheel / Frank Coffman
The Necromancer's Charm / Scott J. Couturier
Tomb without Walls / Ross Balcom
The Final Scrawl / Pat Calhoun
The Jack-o’-Lantern Hearted / K. A. Opperman
The Vampire-Need / Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
The Duke of Balladry / Adam Bolivar
Disclosure / Norbert Góra
Guillotined / Carl E. Reed
Altar of Yig / David Barker
Poe / Randall D. Larson
Haruspex / Geoffrey A. Landis
The Secret Pool / Darrell Schweitzer
As One Poet to Another / G. Sutton Breiding
She Tasted of Gin and Death / Curtis M. Lawson
Vampire Vigil / Manuel Arenas
The Thing That Watches While I Write / Thomas Tyrrell
Plague’s Wake / Ashley Dioses
To a Cat-Daemon: A Litany of Antient Ægypt / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Methuselah / Wade German
Cassandra Can’t Tell You / Allan Rozinski
Lair of the Bat People / Ross Balcom
Reparation / Christina Sng
In the Days of the Vertical Ocean / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Underwater Circus / Kurt Newton
Super-Position / Ron L. Johnson II
The Absence of Clouds / G. O. Clark
Divided by Demons / Mary Krawczak Wilson
Down the Garden Path / M. F. Webb
The God of Phlegm / Maxwell Gold
Cruel Eleanora / Adam Bolivar
Tears of the Raven / Christopher Collingwood
Graveyard of the Gods / Scott J. Couturier.
Solving for X / Ann K. Schwader
The Demon Ball / Tatiana
The Bog Man / Chelsea Arrington
On Gustave Moreau’s Canvas The Apparition / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Black-Tongue Kiss / Carl E. Reed
Diner of Delights / Claire Smith
Inquiry Regarding the Dead / David Barker
Styx / Christina Sng
The Fairiest / Oliver Smith
The Separation / Ian Futter
The Ghost Factory / F. J. Bergmann
The Baleful Beldam / Manuel Arenas
Remains / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Classic Reprints
Fright / May Sinclair
The Silent House / Samuel John Alexander
Articles
Clark Ashton Smith and Robert Nelson: Master and Apprentice (Part 3) /
Marcos Legaria
Reviews
A Guidebook for Witches and Warlocks / Donald Sidney-Fryer
Notes on Contributors
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 10 June, 2019.
