June 2019
Spectral Realms Issue #11 Available NOW! – “God of Phlegm”
Greetings from the Wells,
Spectral Realms is here and I’m very humbled to join the ranks, once again, with a troop over extremely talented writers and poets. Their body of work not merely within Spectral Realms, but outside and the depth of work they all produce is laudable and to be greatly respected and admired. The last time I appeared in Spectral Realms was in the 2017 Summer issue, so it is good to be back home.
My prose piece, “The God of Phlegm” will be making its debut in this issue. I enjoyed writing this prose greatly as it took on a much darker hue than I anticipated and also resulted in the birth of a new Cyber God…the dreaded Nath’Zrath.
Check out the link below to get your copy:
Table of contents below:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Poems
The Tomb of Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire / Wade German
The Blackbird’s Ghost / Abigail Wildes
Temptation Entombed / David Barker
Eternal Lovers / Carl E. Reed
Covert / F. J. Bergmann
On a Threadbare Photograph of H.P.L. at 66 College St. / Manuel Pérez-Campos .
The Witch of Hearts / Chelsea Arrington
The Legend of Vlad and Juztina / Tatiana
A Lady and Her Monster / Christopher Collingwood
The Hill of Bones / G. O. Clark
Space-Time / Ron L. Johnson II
The Monsters Within / Christina Sng
Doctor Fulci’s Fantastic Cure for Nightmares / Liam Garriock
Temple of the Condor / Ann K. Schwader
Subterranean Hungers / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Great Wheel / Frank Coffman
The Necromancer’s Charm / Scott J. Couturier
Tomb without Walls / Ross Balcom
The Final Scrawl / Pat Calhoun
The Jack-o’-Lantern Hearted / K. A. Opperman
The Vampire-Need / Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer
The Duke of Balladry / Adam Bolivar
Disclosure / Norbert Góra
Guillotined / Carl E. Reed
Altar of Yig / David Barker
Poe / Randall D. Larson
Haruspex / Geoffrey A. Landis
The Secret Pool / Darrell Schweitzer
As One Poet to Another / G. Sutton Breiding
She Tasted of Gin and Death / Curtis M. Lawson
Vampire Vigil / Manuel Arenas
The Thing That Watches While I Write / Thomas Tyrrell
Plague’s Wake / Ashley Dioses
To a Cat-Daemon: A Litany of Antient Ægypt / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Methuselah / Wade German
Cassandra Can’t Tell You / Allan Rozinski
Lair of the Bat People / Ross Balcom
Reparation / Christina Sng
In the Days of the Vertical Ocean / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Underwater Circus / Kurt Newton
Super-Position / Ron L. Johnson II
The Absence of Clouds / G. O. Clark
Divided by Demons / Mary Krawczak Wilson
Down the Garden Path / M. F. Webb
The God of Phlegm / Maxwell Gold
Cruel Eleanora / Adam Bolivar
Tears of the Raven / Christopher Collingwood
Graveyard of the Gods / Scott J. Couturier.
Solving for X / Ann K. Schwader
The Demon Ball / Tatiana
The Bog Man / Chelsea Arrington
On Gustave Moreau’s Canvas The Apparition / Manuel Pérez-Campos
Black-Tongue Kiss / Carl E. Reed
Diner of Delights / Claire Smith
Inquiry Regarding the Dead / David Barker
Styx / Christina Sng
The Fairiest / Oliver Smith
The Separation / Ian Futter
The Ghost Factory / F. J. Bergmann
The Baleful Beldam / Manuel Arenas
Remains / David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Classic Reprints
Fright / May Sinclair
The Silent House / Samuel John Alexander
Articles
Clark Ashton Smith and Robert Nelson: Master and Apprentice (Part 3) /
Marcos Legaria
Reviews
A Guidebook for Witches and Warlocks / Donald Sidney-Fryer
Cover art: Daniel V. Sauer
Fearfully Yrs,
Maxwell I. Gold
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath! Anthology Kickstarter
Greetings from the Wells
I wanted to make a special post for a Kickstarter campaign that is going on right now. Duane Pesice is raising funds for his new anthology Sabbath Bloody Sabbath! which will be the first publication from his new publishing house, Oxygen Man Books. Duane is a prolific author and has brought together many brilliant and talented writers for this spectacular Black Sabbath themed collection. Also, who doesn’t love horror stories themed around Black Sabbath.
Many of these writers are also my friends and colleagues and I would personally love, to see this endeavor flourish and make it to print.
Every little bit helps, even if it is a small amount. Also, even if you cannot manage a donation, share the link and spread the word!
Here is the link for the Kickstarter campaign: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!
Fearfully Yrs,
Maxwell I. Gold
Side One:
Black Sabbath – Nathan Carson
Wicked World – Can Wiggins
A Bit of Finger – Tony McMillen
N. I. B. – Sean M. Thompson
War Pigs – Ross E. Lockhart
Paranoid – Debra Robinson
Planet Caravan – Andrew Reichart
Iron Man – Sarah Walker
Electric Funeral – Farah Rose Smith
Rat Salad – Jill Hand
Fairies Wear Boots – K. A. Opperman
Hand of Doom – William Tea
Side Two:
Sweet Leaf – John Claude Smith
Children of the Grave – Ashley Dioses
Into the Void – John Paul Fitch
Wheels of Confusion – Christopher Ropes
Supernaut – Jordan Krall
Spiral Architect – Duane Pesice
Hole In The Sky – Shayne Keen
All Moving Parts (Stand Still) – Scott J. Couturier
Cardinal Sin — Don Webb
TV Crimes – S. L. Edwards
Bonus Track:
The Butlerian Jihad — Jayaprakash Satyamurthy