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jeffhall's review
4.0
For the record, I have a poem published in this edition of Spectral Realms, so my review will focus on the rest of the issue.
As has become a pattern over ten issues (so far), S.T. Joshi continues to present an exceptional selection of weird and dark poetry. Liam Garriock is one of the most intriguing of this journal's regular contributors, and his prose poem "The Assignment" (inspired by the brilliant cinematic work of Jan Švankmajer) is a definite standout in issue number 10, as is Allan Rozinski's poem "The Dark King". I'm always glad to see new work from Adam Bolivar, and his "The Haunting Bones" does not disappoint.
Also worth mentioning is the second part of Marcos Legaria's essay on the minor twentieth century poet Robert Nelson, and his correspondence with Clark Ashton Smith. I had never heard of Nelson before, and Marcos' essay makes me curious to seek out more of Nelson's writings.
As has become a pattern over ten issues (so far), S.T. Joshi continues to present an exceptional selection of weird and dark poetry. Liam Garriock is one of the most intriguing of this journal's regular contributors, and his prose poem "The Assignment" (inspired by the brilliant cinematic work of Jan Švankmajer) is a definite standout in issue number 10, as is Allan Rozinski's poem "The Dark King". I'm always glad to see new work from Adam Bolivar, and his "The Haunting Bones" does not disappoint.
Also worth mentioning is the second part of Marcos Legaria's essay on the minor twentieth century poet Robert Nelson, and his correspondence with Clark Ashton Smith. I had never heard of Nelson before, and Marcos' essay makes me curious to seek out more of Nelson's writings.
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