Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein Analyses "On a Dreamland's Moon"

The cats of Ulthar steal across my dreams

On paws of softest fur and blur the seams

Of my subconscious with their purrs and eyes

Of molten gold that twinkle and that gleam

Like Beacon lights toward where their kingdom lies.

—Opening stanza of “On A Dreamland’s Moon” 

Bobby Derie (author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos) analyses and discusses my poem, On  Dreamland's Moon, and its place in the Mythos on his blog, Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein.  On A Dreamland’s Moon was first published in Black Wings VI: New Tales of Lovecraftian Terror (2017) and appears in Diary of a Sorceress.

Here's an insert.

“'On A Dreamland’s Moon' takes its most direct inspiration from Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, but the object of this dreamer’s quest is not the hidden gods of dream, but Nyarlathotep, the crawling chaos. In language and imagery, however, the influence of Clark Ashton Smith is more evident, echoing some of his narrative poems such as 'The Nightmare Tarn.'"

I am glad Nitokris was mentioned in this discussion.  We need more of her.  Also, the Sorceress was not intended to be the narrator but it works!

The Withering Update

I finally heard back from the publisher and because of his lack of communication, he offered to give me my rights back to The Withering if I wanted them.  I declined.  I want to see Gehenna and Hinnom succeed and as my collection was promised to those who paid for the tier, I want to keep that promise to them.

This is excellent news because now I don't have to add (and edit) any more early poems I fished out from the cobwebs.  There were, however, five poems I particularly liked after I cleaned them up that I have added to The Withering.  Think of it as a little extra gift for those waiting so long for the collection.  My collection will now have a total of 55 poems.

All art by Mutartis Boswell is complete!  There will be 8 full-page artworks inside with over 20 small pieces scattered within these pages.  I am also dying to show that cover art which will blow you away.  It's killer.

It will be published on Walpurgisnacht (April 30th, 2020)!

I am waiting on one more blurb and am going through another final edit before I send the final ms to the publisher.         

The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy Issue Eight and Infernal Ink Magazine (Fall/Winter 2018)

The latest issue (8) of The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy is out and contains my two sonnets, V. Altar of Souls and VI. Heavens Departed, which are part of my mini sonnet cycle, The Seven Seals.  The Seven Seals sonnet cycle will appear in Diary of a Vampyress.

Fiction:

"Pulses: A Second Life Story" by S.L. Edwards

"Midnight in the Oasis of Mahrah" by Cynthia Ward

"Bruno J. Lampini and the Claw of Satan" by Josh Reynolds

Poetry:

"Dark Seance" by Ann K. Schwader & David Kopaska-Merkel

"The Demon of Ennui" by K.A. Opperman

"How to Spot the Apotropaic" by Juleigh Howard-Hobson

"The Witch Who Will Not Die" by Nicole Cushing

"The Ghost's Procession" by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa

"Altar of Souls" by Ashley Dioses

"Heavens Departed" by Ashley Dioses

"The Curse" by Chelsea Arrington

Features:

"From the Void" by Obadiah Baird

"Ye Olde Lemurian" by David Barker

Cover art, interior art, and design by Dan Sauer.

I know Infernal Ink Magazine (Fall/Winter 2018) came out last year but I somehow missed that it came in a physical edition and just acquired it.  My poem reprint, Anthropomancy, appears in this issue and you can get the ebook from Amazon or the physical copy from Lulu.