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The spectral realms that thou canst see With eyes veil’d from the world and me.
“To a Dreamer,” H. P. Lovecraft
The last few decades have seen a remarkable efflorescence of weird poetry, to such a degree that we can authentically state that a renaissance of the genre is underway. Hippocampus Press has always been committed to this most rarefied mode of expression, and now Spectral Realms, published in Summer and Winter, leads the way. The contributors in this first issue, hailing from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, and elsewhere, are indicative of the worldwide nature of the weird poetry renaissance. New poets who have emerged in recent years—Ann K. Schwader, Wade German, Leigh Blackmore, K. A. Opperman—join such veterans as Bruce Boston, W. H. Pugmire, and Richard L. Tierney in contributing vital original work to this issue. In addition to publishing new, original poetry from modern practitioners, Spectral Realms also resurrects classic poems from prior ages as one component of its educational function; another component is the inclusion of essays on weird poets or on topics related to the field and reviews of contemporary work, whether it be volumes of poetry, anthologies, works of criticism and scholarship, or other volumes of ancillary interest.
CONTENTS EDITORIAL POETRY Spectral Province..........Wade German As Told to My Infant Grandchildren..........Phillip A. Ellis Omens from Afar..........Phillip A. Ellis Fairy Song..........Darrell Schweitzer Night Stalker ..........Michael Fantina Miranda ..........Michael Fantina Titan..........Michael Fantina Seasonal Affective Disorder..........Richard L. Tierney The Asteroid ..........Richard L Tierney Emeraldesse ..........Leigh Blackmore In Splendour All Arrayed ..........Leigh Blackmore Lines on a Drawing by Hannes Bok..........Leigh Blackmore Museum Piece ..........Oliver Smith The Hidden God ..........Adam Bolivar Necromancy ..........Kyla Lee Ward Fortune Teller ..........Carole Abourjeili Awakening ..........Carole Abourjeili The Stomach Only Tries ..........Marge Simon The Witches’ House ..........Margaret Curtis Carathis ..........Ashley Dioses Horror..........Ashley Dioses Kiss the Stars ..........Ashley Dioses A Weird Tale ..........Charles Lovecraft Night Visit ..........Charles Lovecraft Afrasiab Down the Oxus ..........Charles Lovecraft Black Wings ..........Ian Futter States ..........Ian Futter Pursuit..........Ian Futter White Chapel..........Kendall Evans The Star’s Prisoner..........D. L. Myers The Thing on the Mountain ..........D. L. Myers Beneath the Ferny Trees ..........David Schembri Old Graveyard in the Woods ..........Jonathan Thomas The Laundrymen ..........Ann K. Schwader A Carcass, Waiting..........Jason V Brock Climate of Fear ..........Ann K. Schwader The Meromylls of Lake Lurd ..........Donald R Broyles Nocturnal Poet ..........K. A. Opperman Siren of the Dead..........K. A. Opperman The Angels All Are Corpses in the Sky ..........K. A. Opperman Sea Princess ..........Claire Smith Ex Nihilo ..........Daniel Kolbe Strange The Den ..........Chad Hensley Audience at Sunset ..........David Barker and W. H. Pugmire 85 “The Hound” ..........W. H. Pugmire Note of the Executioner..........David Schembri The Rim ..........Chad Hensley Dark Mirage ..........Fred Phillips In Cavernous Depths Yawning ..........Randall D. Larson CLASSIC REPRINTS The Hidden Pool ..........George Sterling Resurrection Night ..........Benjamin De Casseres The Angels ..........Théodore de Banville Three Prose Poems ..........Lord Dunsany A Night with the Boys ..........Bruce Boston REVIEWS To the Stars and Beyond ..........Donald Sidney-Fryer Ligotti on Sterling ..........Thomas Ligotti Petrifying Poesy and Shivers in Verse ..........Alan Gullette NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
Cover art: Eugenio Lucas (1817-1870), Death Reading from a Human Lectern, Congregation in Background, recto, courtesy of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 June, 2014.