Penumbra No. 2 (2021): A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism

The second issue of Penumbra is highlighted by Lost for Words a new story by Ramsey Campbell the leading writer of weird and supernatural literature of our time. In addition veteran writers Darrell Schweitzer and Mark Samuels contribute original tales. Among younger writers Curtis M. Lawson presents a science fiction/horror hybrid; Katherine Kerestman pens a skillful tale of vampirism; Scott J. Couturier Geoffrey Reiter Scott Bradfield and Shawn Phelps offer glimpses of terror and strangeness; and Manuel Arenas contributes a moving prose poem. The issue also includes as its classic reprint Algernon Blackwoods first published weird tale.Among the articles in this issue Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen examines religiosity in the early tales of Lord Dunsany; James Goho analyzes the roots of terror in the work of Caitlín R. Kiernan; John C. Tibbetts studies weird elements in the oeuvre of acclaimed science fiction writer Greg Bear; S. T. Joshi presents a comprehensive account of the weird work of Guy de Maupassant; and other essays discuss William Hope Hodgson vampire poetry Clark Ashton Smiths Hyperborea cycle John Collier and other subjects.Adam Bolivar Wade German Ann K. Schwader Leigh Blackmore Maxwell I. Gold and Frank Coffman are among the poets included in this issue.In all Penumbra No. 2 is a cornucopia of the bizarre in fiction essays and verse.