{"product_id":"spectral-realms-no-9-summer-2018-paperback","title":"Spectral Realms No. 9: Summer 2018 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDonald Sidney-Fryer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ninth issue of Hippocampus Press's acclaimed journal of weird poetry features verse by some of the leading contemporary poets of fantasy, horror, and the supernatural, including Frank Coffman, Fred Chappell, Ashley Dioses, Wade German, K. A. Opperman, Leigh Blackmore, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ann K. Schwader, and the late Michael Fantina. Such significant fiction writers as John Shirley, Darrell Schweitzer, and David Barker also contribute striking weird verse, while Liam Garriock, David B. Harrington, Charles D. O'Connor III, and others show that the prose-poem is alive and well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the classic reprints are rare and unreprinted poems by Madison Cawein (a prominent poet of the turn of the 20th century, much of whose work is laced with weirdness) and Dora Sigurson Shorter. Marcos Legaria contributes the first part of a detailed examination of the influence of Clark Ashton Smith upon the poetry of Robert Nelson, who in his tragically brief life (1912-1935) produced some scintillating work that continues to attract attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the section of reviews, Donald Sidney-Fryer assesses Henry J. Vester III's \u003cem\u003eOf Mist and Crystal;\u003c\/em\u003e Frank Coffman supplies a sensitive reading of Ashley Dioses's \u003cem\u003eDiary of a Sorceress;\u003c\/em\u003e and Russ Parkhurst evaluates Adam Bolivar's book of ballads, \u003cem\u003eThe Lay of Old Hex.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849848512819,"sku":"9781614982289","price":21.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0EByHeXWbb9781614982289.webp?v=1786587434","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/spectral-realms-no-9-summer-2018-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}