Spectral Realms No. 5: Summer 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Poems Carmilla / K. A. Opperman Borean Soul / Jeff Burnett Sin Eater / Jennifer Ruth Jackson The First Haunting / M. F. Webb The Second Haunting / M. F. Webb The Serpent Borne of Helios / Nathaniel Reed Coda / Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Grin / John J. Mundy Graveyards of the Living / G. O. Clark Only in Dreams / Darrell Schweitzer Angry Gods / Mary Krawczak Wilson The Forest of Horror / Frank Coffman The Egregious Error of Werner Witherbye / John Shirley All Masks Are Mirrors / Ann K. Schwader The Rime of the Eldritch Mariner / Adam Bolivar Dark Poet of My Heart / Ashley Dioses Dark House of Hunger / D. L. Myers The Ghoul's Dilemma / W. H. Pugmire The Resurrection of Death / Gregory MacDonald The City of Dreadful Life / Richard L. Tierney The Waves of Fear / Leigh Blackmore Underwater / Ian Futter Sylvan Blood / Jeff Burnett Myths and Legends / Charles D. O'Connor III Beyond the Stones / Liam Garriock Cast Away / Oliver Smith Temple of the Flame / David Barker Me / Ross Balcom Dies Irae / Carole Abourjeili The Alchemist's Disease / Nathaniel Reed Transylvanian Darkness / K. A. Opperman The Sayings of the Seers / Wade German Antagonist / F. J. Bergmann Heaven in Your Arms / Jennifer Ruth Jackson Fallow Fields / Mary Krawczak Wilson Season Spirits / Juan J. GutiErrez Redux / John J. Mundy Death and a Locket / Jonathan Thomas The Cold Fog of Regret / John Shirley The Endless Night / Christina Sng An Existence / Ian Futter Postcard from the Night Desert / G. O. Clark Other Humans / Gregory MacDonald The Festival / Chad Hensley The Summons / D. L. Myers A Traveler to the City / Frank Coffman Fallen Atlantis / Ashley Dioses Mari Lwyd / Liam Garriock Yesterdawn / Jeff Burnett In Nether Pits / David Barker Dancer / Christina Sng Alive / Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Origins / Nathaniel Reed Atu II: The High Priestess / Leigh Blackmore Visitor / Fred Phillips The Fetch / John J. Mundy R'lyeh / F. J. Bergmann Whisper / Oliver Smith Beauty's Veil / Gregory MacDonald Ever Fair / Ashley Dioses Agents of Dread / David Barker Classic Reprints The Song of the Sea / Edgar Saltus Voodoo / Annice Calland Articles The Poets of Weird Tales: Part 2 / Frank Coffman Reviews The Generalist and the Specialist / S. T. Joshi Leaves Grown Heavy with Omens / Wade German Sex and Sin / Sunni K. BrockCover art by Harry Clarke for E. A. Poe’s “The Colloquy of Monos and Una.”