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Spectral Realms [#3, Summer 2015] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $15.00, 159pp, tp) Details taken from online listing. fc. · Tunnel Fiend 6 · Rabban · cv 7 · Song of the Rushes · M. F. Webb · pm 8 · In Fits of Wildest Dreaming · K. A. Opperman · pm 10 · Inheritance · Christina Sng · pm 13 · Rune · Wade German · pm 14 · Preserves · G. O. Clark · pm 16 · Barley Night · Jonathan Thomas · pm 19 · Ode to Hecate · Liam Garriock · pm 20 · A Shuddery Tale · Charles Lovecraft · pm 21 · Arcane Stars · D. J. Tyrer · pm 22 · Northern Lights · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm 23 · Always Look under the Bed · Mark McLaughlin · pm 24 · The Cave of Ebon Boughs · D. L. Myers · pm 25 · The Empty Room · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 26 · Dolls · Jason V. Brock · pm 30 · Painted Ladies · David Barker · pm 32 · Brownfields · John Mundy · pm 34 · Even Madness Cannot Hide · Ashley Dioses · pm 35 · Revelation · Fred Phillips · pm 36 · Daemon Insectarium · Chad Hensley · pm 37 · Sorcerers in Love · Don Webb · pm Grue #16 1994 38 · Moonrise · Christina Sng · pm 39 · The Game of Cat and Dragon · Pat Calhoun · pm 40 · Lovers’ Wine · Stanley Gemmell · pm 42 · Childe Jackson Drake · Adam Bolivar · pm 57 · Zann · Ian Futter · pm 58 · The Golden Diadem · Leigh Blackmore · pm 61 · To See or Not to See? · Nicole Cushing · pm 62 · The Dark at the Top of the Stairs · Jonathan Thomas · pm 64 · Butterfly · Carole Abourjeili · pm 67 · Carcosa in Mind · D. J. Tyrer · pm 68 · The Death of Twilight · D. L. Myers · pm 69 · Tragic, Trembling Giant · Linda D. Addison · pm 70 · Witches at the Switches · David Barker · pm 72 · My Heart’s Thin Veil · Margi Curtis · pm 74 · Clarethea · K. A. Opperman · pm 76 · Ghoul of the Enamel · Jason Sturner · pm 77 · A Queen in Hell · Ashley Dioses · pm 78 · Azathoth · Charles Lovecraft · pm 79 · Waking · Ian Futter · pm 80 · Spinal Piano · Reiss McGuinness · pm 82 · The Thirst of Sekhmet · Ann K. Schwader · pm 83 · The Shadow within Darkness · Randall Larson · pm 84 · Guardians of the Seven Gates I. The Skeleton King · Chad Hensley · pm 85 · Guardians of the Seven Gates II. The Arch Goat · Chad Hensley · pm 86 · Schadenfreude · John Mundy · pm 87 · Dead Pale Moon · Leigh Blackmore · pm 88 · To Reach Carcosa · Mark McLaughlin · pm 89 · Sand Bar · Jonathan Thomas · pm 90 · Toujours Il Coûte Trop Cher · Mike Allen & C. S. E. Cooney · pm 98 · Alone in the Desert · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm 99 · Mother · Christina Sng · pm 100 · The Perfect Rose · Ashley Dioses · pm 101 · End Times · D. J. Tyrer · pm 102 · The Lich’s Last Laugh · Dan Clore · pm 106 · A Garden of Unearthly Delights · Marge Simon · pm Anomalous Appetites, ed. John Irvine, Lulu.com 2009 108 · Masque Macabre · K. A. Opperman · pm 110 · Gorgoneion · Oliver Smith · pm 112 · Unexpected Meetings · Ian Futter · pm 114 · Black Panther · David Barker · pm 119 · Old Trinity Churchyard · A. Merritt · pm The Phantagraph Jun 1940 120 · Illumination in the Mutant Rain Forest · Bruce Boston · pm Star*Line Sep/Dec 1989 122 · Three Songs from Nosferatu [from Nosferatu: An Opera Libretto] · Dana Gioia · pm Graywolf Press 2001 129 · “Figures in a Nightmare”—The Poetry of Leah Bodine Drake [Part 2 of 2] · Leigh Blackmore · ar [Leah Bodine Drake] 139 · The Book of Jade, by David Park Barnitz · Michael Dirda · br 146 · Prophets, by Peter Adam Salomon · D. L. Myers · br

Spectral Realms [#4, Winter 2016] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $15.00, 159pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · Prisoner (Head) · Botond Reszegh · cv The Phosphorescent Fungi · D. L. Myers · pm Bone Fences · Christina Sng · pm The Stain · John Mundy · pm Relative Dark · M. F. Webb · pm The Merlin of the Suns · Liam Garriock · pm Who Knocks? · Scott Thomas · pm The Flower Maidens · David Barker · pm The Ghosts of Hyperborea · Wade German · pm The Moon-Gate · Ann K. Schwader · pm Machen Spoke the Hidden Thing · John Shirley · pm Deeper Flowers Thrive · Oliver Smith · pm With a Love So Vile · Ashley Dioses · pm A Lone Figure · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm The Adverse Star · Leigh Blackmore · pm The Vipers’ Lament · Jeff Burnett · pm Divine Marriage Comedy · Alan Gullette · pm And Only Then I Saw · Charles Lovecraft · pm Up the Stairs · Alicia Cole · pm A Witch She Is · William F. Nolan & Jason V. Brock · pm The Stone of Sacrifice · Kyla Lee Ward · pm Metamorphosis · Christina Sng · pm Phantom · Claire Smith · pm The Question · Ian Futter · pm Someone Coming · F. J. Bergmann · pm Absinthia · K. A. Opperman · pm Lucinda the Killed · Reiss McGuinness · pm The Yellow Jester · John Thomas Allen · pm The Witch’s Cat · Pat Calhoun · pm Fiddler Jack · Adam Bolivar · pm Caressa’s Song · David Barker · pm The Procession · M. F. Webb · pm The Lovely Place · John Mundy · pm Gargoyles for the Cathedral · Kendall Evans · pm Flyover States · Steven Withrow · pm Bedtime Story · Chad Hensley · pm Deathrealm Sum 1990 Zombification · Alicia Cole · pm Souls of Samhain · Leigh Blackmore · pm Ilvaa · Ashley Dioses · pm We Who Have Encountered Monsters · Darrell Schweitzer · pm Missed Horizons · Ann K. Schwader · pm The Ghost of Samhain Past · Margaret Curtis · pm The Poetry of Evil Must Never Be Shouted · Darrell Schweitzer · pm The Rise of Set · Liam Garriock · pm The Living Dead · Ian Futter · pm To My Goddess, Nicnevin · Liam Garriock · pm Deacon Mercer · Jonathan Thomas · pm Alastor · Wade German · pm Weird Tale · Charles Lovecraft · pm Among the Gargoyles · K. A. Opperman · pm The Girl with Pennies on Her Eyes · Scott Thomas · pm The Reunited · Oliver Smith · pm Graveyard Circumspect · Alan Gullette · pm Fog of War · Christina Sng · pm Two Fates · John Mundy · pm Alchemy · Ian Futter · pm Werewolf · K. A. Opperman · pm Panos · Fred Phillips · pm Water Tears · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm The Summons · David Barker · pm The Witching Hour · Alicia Cole · pm St. Irvyne’s Tower [from St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian] · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm Stockdale 1811 His Dream · W. B. Yeats · pm The Green Helmet and Other Poems, Cuala Press 1910 Cthulhu · David E. Schultz · pm Nyctalops #10 1975 The Poets of Weird Tales [Part 1 of 2] · Frank Coffman · ar The Crimson Tome, by K.A. Opperman · Adam Bolivar · br Dreams from a Black Nebula, by Wade German · Donald Sidney-Fryer · br Two Centuries of Pleasing Terrors · Steven J. Mariconda · ar Notes on Contributors · Anon. · bg

Spectral Realms [#5, Summer 2016] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $15.00, 146pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · The Colloquy of Monos and Una · Harry Clarke · cv 1923; from the 1923 edition of Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Borean Soul · Jeff Burnett · pm Sin Eater · Jennifer Ruth Jackson · pm The First Haunting · M. F. Webb · pm The Second Haunting · M. F. Webb · pm The Serpent Borne of Helios · Nathaniel Reed · pm Coda · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · pm Grin · John J. Mundy · pm Graveyards of the Living · G. O. Clark · pm Only in Dreams · Darrell Schweitzer · pm The Forest of Horror · Frank Coffman · pm The Egregious Error of Werner Witherbye · John Shirley · pm Angry Gods · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm All Masks Are Mirrors · Ann K. Schwader · pm The Rime of the Eldritch Mariner · Adam Bolivar · pm Dark Poet of My Heart · Ashley Dioses · pm Dark House of Hunger · D. L. Myers · pm The Ghoul’s Dilemma · W. H. Pugmire · pm The City of Dreadful Life · Richard L. Tierney · pm The Resurrection of Death · Gregory MacDonald · pm The Waves of Fear · Leigh Blackmore · pm Underwater · Ian Futter · pm Sylvan Blood · Jeff Burnett · pm Myths and Legends · Charles D. O’Connor, III · pm Beyond the Stones · Liam Garriock · pm Cast Away · Oliver Smith · pm Me · Ross Balcom · pm Dies Irae · Carole Abourjeili · pm The Alchemist’s Disease · Nathaniel Reed · pm Transylvanian Darkness · K. A. Opperman · pm Temple of the Flame · David Barker · pm The Sayings of the Seers · Wade German · pm Antagonist · F. J. Bergmann · pm Heaven in Your Arms · Jennifer Ruth Jackson · pm Season Spirits · Juan J. Gutiérrez · pm Fallow Fields · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm Redux · John J. Mundy · pm Death and a Locket · Jonathan Thomas · pm The Endless Night · Christina Sng · pm An Existence · Ian Futter · pm The Cold Fog of Regret · John Shirley · pm Postcard from the Night Desert · G. O. Clark · pm Other Humans · Gregory MacDonald · pm Festival · Chad Hensley · pm Bizarre Bazaar #2 1993 The Summons · D. L. Myers · pm A Traveler to the City · Frank Coffman · pm Fallen Atlantis · Ashley Dioses · pm Mari Lwyd · Liam Garriock · pm In Nether Pits · David Barker · pm Yesterdawn · Jeff Burnett · pm Dancer · Christina Sng · pm Alive · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · pm Origins · Nathaniel Reed · pm Atu II: The High Priestess · Leigh Blackmore · pm Visitor · Fred Phillips · pm The Fetch · John J. Mundy · pm R’lyeh · F. J. Bergmann · pm Whisper · Oliver Smith · pm Beauty’s Veil · Gregory MacDonald · pm Ever Fair · Ashley Dioses · pm Agents of Dread · David Barker · pm The Song of the Sea · Edgar Saltus · pm (r) Voodoo · Annice Calland · pm 1926 The Poets of Weird Tales [Part 2 of 2] · Frank Coffman · ar The Generalist and the Specialist · S. T. Joshi · br Leaves Grown Heavy with Omens · Wade German · br Sex and Sin · Sunni K. Brock · br

Spectral Realms [#6, Winter 2017] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $10.00, 155pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · What the Moon Saw · Dugald Stewart Walker · cv Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Doubleday 1914 Spider Eggs · John Shirley · pm Edgar A. Poe (1809-1849) · W. H. Pugmire · pm Finite · Ian Futter · pm Oracle · Wade German · pm Next · John J. Mundy · pm The Fateful Flower · Frank Coffman · pm Vul Ravin · D. L. Myers · pm Transfiguration · Ronald Terry · pm Mistress of the Dark Fortress · K. A. Opperman & Leigh Blackmore · pm Un-Hallowed E’en · Richard L. Tierney · pm Diluvian Night Out · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Chrysalides in the Cromlech · Jeff Burnett · pm When the Stars Are Right · Oliver B. Harris · pm The Dust That Was You · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm Hunted · Claire Smith · pm The Spell · Liam Garriock · pm Moonlight in the Playground · Christina Sng · pm An Unimaginable Horror · Norbert Gora · pm The Fugitives · Manuel Pérez-Campos · pm Under the Tuscan Moon · Leigh Blackmore · pm Kappa Alpha Tau · Josh Medsker · pm Yes, There Are Wonders Beyond Death · Darrell Schweitzer · pm rUBBLE ®ubbLe · Jason V. Brock · pm Desolation · M. F. Webb · pm The Cosmic Women · Pat Calhoun · pm Descent · Ian Futter · pm The God-Builders · Nathaniel Reed · pm Sighting · Ross Balcom · pm Falling for You · John J. Mundy · pm Icons · Ronald Terry · pm The Sword · Chad Hensley · pm Dual Purpose · Kyla Lee Ward · pm A Dream from R’lyeh · Charles Lovecraft · pm The Witch of the Woods · Frank Coffman · pm Fallen · Claire Smith · pm The Germ of the Earth · Farah Rose Smith · pm The Road to Long-Ago · Ruth Berman · pm Spawn of the Wicked Hive · Jeff Burnett · pm Night Play · Ashley Dioses · pm The Prey · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm A Return · Benjamin Blake · pm When the Earth Was Young · Christina Sng · pm The House of Gloom · Adam Bolivar · pm Elder Beings · Leigh Blackmore · pm Beyond the Cosmic Veil, ed. George Wilhite, Barbwire Butterfly Books 2015 Reunion · Manuel Pérez-Campos · pm The Awen · Michelle Claire White · pm Ghosts of 1816 · Clay F. Johnson · pm Quetzalcoatl · Kendall Evans · pm Relic · Nathaniel Reed · pm Admonishments for the Incautious · David Barker · pm Yaga · Oliver Smith · pm The Demon Corn · D. L. Myers · pm Timeless Ghosts · Liam Garriock · pm Clearing Sky · Ronald Terry · pm The Door · Christina Sng · pm Tending the Grave · Ian Futter · pm Woodsmoke: A Folk Song That Never Was · John Shirley · pm The Wolf’s Last Words · Claire Smith · pm Dark Solstice Cold and Deathly · Richard L. Tierney · pm The Rainy Season · John J. Mundy · pm Siren’s Song · Ashley Dioses · pm The Mask of Leprous Light · Jeff Burnett · pm Of Rippers, Psychos, and Scarves · Randall D. Larson & Charles Lovecraft · pm Dark Shuttle · Ruth Berman · pm Downstream · Oliver Smith · pm The War of Dragons · Christina Sng · pm Temple of the Plumed Serpent · Ann K. Schwader · pm Those · David Barker · pm Samhain Redivivus · Frank Coffman · pm The Old Ghost · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm The Poetical Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, J.M. Dent 1890 Red Ghosts in Kentucky · Leah Bodine Drake · pm Weird Tales Jan 1953 In Pursuit of the Transcendent: The Weird Verse of Walter de la Mare · Leigh Blackmore · ar [Walter de la Mare] A Dreamer’s Rimes · J.-M. Rajala · br; review of Fungi from Yuggoth: An Annotated Edition, by H.P. Lovecraft Ghostly Verses · Michael J. Abolafia · lr; review of Eye to the Telescope Issue No. 22. [Shannon Connor Winward]

Spectral Realms [#7, Summer 2017] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $10.00, 126pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. This Mountain of Skulls · John Shirley · pm Lightless Oceans · Ann K. Schwader · pm The Dream-Wife · Adam Bolivar · pm More Than the Shark · M. F. Webb · pm The Embrace · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm A Rude Awakening · Ian Futter · pm For Sale · Deborah L. Davitt · pm Invocation to the Daemon for Modern Times · Liam Garriock · pm Aenid’s Dream · Christina Sng · pm The God Within · Ronald Terry · pm The Dark Pharaoh · Richard L. Tierney · pm Ave Augustissime: An Acrostic Sonnet on H. P. Lovecraft, Esq. · Manuel Pérez-Campos · pm Portrait of H. P. Lovecraft, Esq.: A Scrambled Acrostic Sonnet · Manuel Pérez-Campos · pm Dracul’s Demesne · Frank Coffman · pm The Reaper’s Garden · Ashley Dioses · pm Testament of the Scribe · David Barker · pm The Graveyard Knows My Name · Ross Balcom · pm Teratology · F. J. Bergmann · pm Repoman Homunculus · Chad Hensley · pm Imprisoned · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm His Voice in the Whisper of Waves · Deborah L. Davitt & Kendall Evans · pm Mary of the Rosy Grave · K. A. Opperman · pm Things Come out of the Fog · G. O. Clark · pm Moment · Nathaniel Reed · pm Ad’Naigon · Maxwell I. Gold · pm Doll in the Wall · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm From the Yellow Text of Thanos Khan · Don Webb · pm Angry Sun/Bloated Moon · Claire Smith · pm Secret Tree · John Shirley · pm Only 13 · Ian Futter · pm Expanding Universe · Ronald Terry · pm The Final Turn · Ann K. Schwader · pm Arrival · M. F. Webb · pm He Dreams of Beauty · Liam Garriock · pm Pull · Christina Sng · pm Innsmouth Shanty · David Barker · pm Metamorphosis · Frank Coffman · pm The Wyrde of the Bibliognost; or, Another Solitude · Manuel Pérez-Campos · pm Silent Songs · Deborah L. Davitt · pm The Ballad of the de la Poers · Adam Bolivar · pm Corridors Enough · Ann K. Schwader · pm The Daughter of Death · Charles D. O’Connor, III · pm Under the Blood Moon · Sunni K. Brock · pm Her Skull and the Sea · Mary Krawczak Wilson · pm What It Means When You Dream of Swords · F. J. Bergmann · pm My Beloved Bones · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Rising Damp · M. F. Webb · pm Night Terrors · Ian Futter · pm David Lynch · Liam Garriock · pm It’s Hell Being Your Guardian Angel · John Shirley · pm The Spiders of Kepler 452B · Kendall Evans · pm Amenophra · Ernest Arthur Edkins · pm Amenophra, and Other Poems, E. B. Hill 1889 Faces and Souls · Paul Eldridge · pm Vanitas, Stratford Company 1920 On “A Wine of Wizardry” · S. T. Joshi · ar Tim Powers, Poet · John Shirley · ar [Tim Powers] The Virtues and Drawbacks of Free Verse · Leigh Blackmore · ar