This sixth issue of our acclaimed journal of weird poetry features distinctive poems by John Shirley, W. H. Pugmire, Wade German, Ann K. Schwader, and many other leading contemporary poets. The legendary Richard L. Tierney contributes two powerful poems, and poets ranging from Kyla Lee Ward to Darrell Schweitzer to Jessica Amanda Salmonson contribute verses of pungency and distinction. Younger poets such as K. A. Opperman, Ashley Dioses, Nathaniel Reed, Liam Garriock, and Christina Sng demonstrate why they will be the heralded poets of their generation. Adam Bolivar offers another of his evocative horror ballads, and Jason V Brock presents a genial homage to the distinctive prose-poetry of Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
Leigh Blackmore has written a detailed study of the poetry of underrated British writer Walter de la Mare. J.-M. Rajala has written a long and penetrating review of David E. Schultz’s landmark edition of H. P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth, while Michael J. Abolafia contributes a review of an issue of the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s online journal devoted to weird poetry.
In all, Spectral Realms #6 offers a rich feast for the growing legions of devotees of weird poetry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Poems
Spider Eggs / John Shirley
Edgar A. Poe (1809–1849) / W. H. Pugmire
Finite / Ian Futter
Oracle / Wade German
Next / John J. Mundy
The Fateful Flower / Frank Coffman
Vul Ravin / D. L. Myers
Transfiguration / Ronald Terry
Mistress of the Dark Fortress / K. A. Opperman and Leigh Blackmore
Un-Hallowed E’en / Richard L. Tierney
Diluvian Night Out / Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Chrysalides in the Cromlech / Jeff Burnett
When the Stars Are Right / Oliver B. Harris
The Dust That Was You / Mary Krawczak Wilson
Hunted / Claire Smith
The Spell / Liam Garriock
Moonlight in the Playground / Christina Sng
An Unimaginable Horror / Norbert Gora
The Fugitives / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Under the Tuscan Moon / Leigh Blackmore
Kappa Alpha Tau / Josh Medsker
Yes, There Are Wonders Beyond Death / Darrell Schweitzer
rUBBLE ®ubbLe / Jason V Brock
Desolation / M. F. Webb
The Cosmic Women / Pat Calhoun
Descent / Ian Futter
The God-Builders / Nathaniel Reed
Sighting / Ross Balcom
Falling for You / John J. Mundy
Icons / Ronald Terry
The Sword / Chad Hensley
Dual Purpose / Kyla Lee Ward
A Dream from R’lyeh / Charles Lovecraft
The Witch of the Woods / Frank Coffman
Fallen / Claire Smith
The Germ of the Earth / Farah Rose Smith
The Road to Long-Ago / Ruth Berman
Spawn of the Wicked Hive / Jeff Burnett
Night Play / Ashley Dioses
The Prey / Mary Krawczak Wilson
A Return / Benjamin Blake
When the Earth Was Young / Christina Sng
The House of Gloom / Adam Bolivar
Elder Beings / Leigh Blackmore
Reunion / Manuel Pérez-Campos
The Awen / Michelle Claire White
Ghosts of 1816 / Clay F. Johnson
Quetzalcoatl / Kendall Evans
Relic / Nathaniel Reed
Admonishments for the Incautious / David Barker
Yaga / Oliver Smith
The Demon Corn / D. L. Myers
Timeless Ghosts / Liam Garriock
Clearing Sky / Ronald Terry
The Door / Christina Sng
Tending the Grave / Ian Futter
Woodsmoke: A Folk Song That Never Was / John Shirley
The Wolf’s Last Words / Claire Smith
Dark Solstice Cold and Deathly / Richard L. Tierney
The Rainy Season / John J. Mundy
Siren’s Song / Ashley Dioses
The Mask of Leprous Light / Jeff Burnett
Of Rippers, Psychos, and Scarves / Randall D. Larson and Charles Lovecraft
Dark Shuttle / Ruth Berman
Downstream / Oliver Smith.
The War of Dragons / Christina Sng
Temple of the Plumed Serpent / Ann K. Schwader
Those / David Barker
Samhain Redivivus / Frank Coffman
Classic Reprints
The Old Ghost / Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Red Ghosts in Kentucky / Leah Bodine Drake
Articles
In Pursuit of the Transcendent: The Weird Verse of Walter de la Mare / Leigh Blackmore
Reviews
A Dreamer’s Rimes / J.-M. Rajala (H. P. LOVECRAFT. Fungi from Yuggoth: An Annotated Edition.)
Ghostly Verses / Michael J. Abolafia (SHANNON CONNOR WINWARD, ed. Eye to the Telescope. Issue No. 22: “Ghosts.”)
Notes on Contributors
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 21 January, 2017.