Spectral Realms No. 1: Summer 2014

The spectral realms that thou canst seeWith eyes veil’d from the world and me.“To a Dreamer,” H.P. LovecraftThe 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:EditorialPoetrySpectral Province..........Wade GermanAs Told to My Infant Grandchildren..........Phillip A. EllisOmens from Afar..........Phillip A. EllisFairy Song..........Darrell Schweitzer Night Stalker ..........Michael FantinaMiranda ..........Michael Fantina Titan..........Michael Fantina Seasonal Affective Disorder..........Richard L. TierneyThe Asteroid ..........Richard L Tierney Emeraldesse ..........Leigh Blackmore In Splendour All Arrayed ..........Leigh BlackmoreLines on a Drawing by Hannes Bok..........Leigh BlackmoreMuseum Piece ..........Oliver Smith The Hidden God ..........Adam Bolivar Necromancy ..........Kyla Lee Ward Fortune Teller ..........Carole AbourjeiliAwakening ..........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 LovecraftNight Visit ..........Charles LovecraftAfrasiab Down the Oxus ..........Charles LovecraftBlack Wings ..........Ian FutterStates ..........Ian FutterPursuit..........Ian FutterWhite Chapel..........Kendall EvansThe Star’s Prisoner..........D.L. Myers The Thing on the Mountain ..........D.L. Myers Beneath the Ferny Trees ..........David SchembriOld 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. OppermanSiren of the Dead..........K.A. OppermanThe Angels All Are Corpses in the Sky ..........K.A. OppermanSea Princess ..........Claire SmithEx Nihilo ..........Daniel Kolbe Strange The Den ..........Chad Hensley Audience at Sunset ..........David Barker and W.H. Pugmire “The Hound” ..........W.H. Pugmire Note of the Executioner..........David SchembriThe Rim ..........Chad Hensley Dark Mirage ..........Fred PhillipsIn Cavernous Depths Yawning ..........Randall D. LarsonClassic ReprintsThe 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 BostonReviews To the Stars and Beyond ..........Donald Sidney-FryerLigotti on Sterling ..........Thomas LigottiPetrifying Poesy and Shivers in Verse ..........Alan GulletteCover art: Eugenio Lucas (1817-1870), Death Reading from a Human Lectern, Congregation in Background