Dead Reckonings No. 23 (Spring 2018)

the hippocampus press review of horror and the weird in the arts examines recent releases in print, film, and spoken word. ramsey campbell examines the contents of a recent ramsey campbell tribute volume! interviews with two outstanding editors and publishers are highlighted, together with reviews, articles, and features.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

introduction to japanese vampire fiction ........... darrell schweitzer (kazuki sakuraba, A Small Charred Face)

the coming singer: early critical responses to clark ashton smith ........... scott connors

who is dr. prozess? ........... s. t. joshi (mark samuels, The Prozess Manifestations)

dreams of a particular place: karin tidbeck’s Jagannath ........... Dr. Géza A. G. Reilly

dreams of the house of the worm: gary myers’s debut dreamlands story ........... nicholas diak

ramsey’s rant: honoured by horror ........... ramsey campbell

undertow publications: an interview with michael kelly ........... daniel pietersen

ghosts and critics hand in hand ........... jim rockhill (scott brewster and luke thurston, ed. The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story)

spoken art: cadabra record’s “the bungalow house” lp ........... sam cowan

justified obscurity ........... ryne davis (seabury quinn, The Complete Tales of Jules De Gardin: The Horror on the Links—Volume 1)

“i’m sorry. you ate my cat”: a fond look at Stranger Things ........... Hank Wagner and Bev Vincent

james ulmer: an exponent of quiet horror ........... s. t. joshi (james ulmer, The Fire Doll: Stories)

visions of the abyss ........... christopher ropes (matthew m. bartlett, The Stay-Awake Men)

Mantid: An Interview with Farah Rose Smith ........... Alex Houstoun

considering an overlooked jewel ........... jason brock (darrell schweitzer. Awaiting Strange Gods: Weird and Lovecraftian Fiction)

drabbles of dread ........... dave felton (brandy yassa, ed.  Word Horrors: An Anthology of Horror Drabbles)

the theory and practice of satirical criticism ........... s. t. joshi

clive barker: a boy & his rawhead, an analysis of the story and the film ........... randall d. larson

a letter concerning things past ........... acep hale (Der Orchideengarten, ed. Alf Von Czibulka, tr. Helen Grant)

tested patience ........... june pulliam (duane pesice, ed. Test Patterns: Volume 1)

the banality of our bureaucracies ........... javier martinez (bentley little, The Handyman)<...