Spectral Realms No. 14 (Winter 2021

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Published by our friends at Hippocampus Press! Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art: Puck by Henry Fuseli, c. 1810–1820. Cover design by Dan Sauer. 6x9 paperback, 136 pages.

The fourteenth issue of Hippocampus Press’s acclaimed journal of weird poetry features the work of such leading poets as Ann K. Schwader, Christina Sng, K. A. Opperman, Adam Bolivar, Frank Coffman, Geoffrey Reiter, and Leigh Blackmore. Manuel Arenas, Charles Lovecraft, and Darrell Schweitzer contribute poems about or inspired by H. P. Lovecraft; Thomas Goff and Scott J. Couturier have written poems inspired by Clark Ashton Smith, while Steven Withrow addresses his poem to M. R. James.

Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, in “The Widow,” has written a long and chilling poem on the spider. Maxwell I. Gold, Wade German, Manuel Arenas have written evocative prose poems. Carl E. Reed takes several monsters of history and folklore as the basis of his weird poetry.

Among the classic reprints are poems by John Clare and Walter de la Mare. S. T. Joshi has written a review of the recent poetic work of K. A. Opperman, Thomas Tyrrell, and Farah Rose Smith, while Donald Sidney-Fryer adds an expansive review of the poetry of Steven Withrow, Frank Coffman, and Oliver Sheppard.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Poems

What If Atlantis . . . ? / Geoffrey Reiter
Painting the Pandemic / Ian Futter
Safe / Christina Sng
In the Black Hours / Ann K. Schwader
The Woses / Frank Coffman
The Man with One Head / Lori R. Lopez
H.P.L.: R.I.P. / Manuel Arenas
The Appeals of Arianwen, Recruiter of Monsters / Carl E. Reed
Under a Sun Long-Estranged / Scott J. Couturier
The Wicker King’s Palace / Maxwell I. Gold
The Runic Sword / Fred Phillips and Leigh Blackmore
Caged Animals / Steven Withrow
Odysseus May Have Been a Scoundrel / Darrell Schweitzer
The Widow / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
Man of Gold / DJ Tyrer
The Plague Maiden’s Footprints / Claire Smith
A Miscreation of Life / Clay F. Johnson
Two Haiku / Harris Coverley
In Vino Veritas / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Chants of Moros / Wade German
Those Who Rise from Orange Slime / K. A. Opperman
Dionysus in San Rafael / Thomas Goff
Sisters / Chelsea Arrington
An Ill Wind / David Barker
Shadow and Fire / David Schembri
Jack Bloodybones / Adam Bolivar
The Arms of Death / G. O. Clark
Nightmares of Ink, Dreams in Blood / Maxwell I. Gold
The Dominion of the Wicked / Jordan Zuniga
Biting Sarcasm / Lori R. Lopez
Lawrence Talbot / Frank Coffman
Twisted Grin / Ashley Dioses
The Vision / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
To Hypnos, Refuter of my Ego / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Mycophilia / DJ Tyrer
Ave, Hell’s Angel! / Carl E. Reed
A Means of Summoning / Steven Withrow
Mother of All Things / Christina Sng
Igerna, Alone in Waning Moonlight / Geoffrey Reiter
Lord of Dreaming / Scott J. Couturier
Transubstantiator of the Finite / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Greetings from Krampus / Manuel Arenas
Cetus / Wade German
Shadowlands / Leigh Blackmore
A Ghostly Shade of Oil / Oliver Smith
His Dark Light Shines / Allan Rozinski
The Empty House / Josh Maybrook
Bridal Bower / David Barker
Arch Wizardry, the Glorious Opulence of St Toad / Charles Lovecraft
The Burning Man / Steven Withrow
Dancing Before Azathoth / Darrell Schweitzer
The Unknown / Lori R. Lopez
Runestone / Ann K. Schwader
Galactic Cellars, Unhinged / Maxwell I. Gold
Amongst the Flowers / Scott J. Couturier
The Dearg-Due: An Irish Legend of Horror / Frank Coffman
Fairies from the Twilight Forest / Christina Sng
Lycanthropic Howl / Carl E. Reed
Eternal Night / Geoffrey Reiter
Spleen (III) / DJ Tyrer
The Dark Descent / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
Memories of Another Country / Manuel Pérez-Campos

Classic Reprints

The Fairy Rings / John Clare
The Dark Château / Walter de la Mare

Reviews

Three Poets, Three Visions / S. T. Joshi
Bring Out Your Dead and Other Speculations / Donald Sidney-Fryer