{"product_id":"penumbra-no-3-2022-s-t-joshi-9781614983897","title":"Penumbra No. 3 (2022): A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third issue of \u003cem\u003ePenumbra, \u003c\/em\u003e the acclaimed Hippocampus Press annual magazine of weird fiction, poetry, and criticism, features provocative stories from both veterans and novices. Steven Woodworth sets his tale in Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia, while Darrell Schweitzer and Geoffrey Reiter evoke the terror of the rural American landscape. Harley Carnell takes us to working-class England, Carl E. Reed to the Chicago underworld. Other, briefer tales by Manuel Arenas, Garrett Boatman, Scott J. Couturier, and Barry Yedvobnick are no less powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the critical essays in the issue, James Goho writes a profound analysis of the work of the late British writer Joel Lane. C駸ar Guarde-Paz contributes a scintillating piece on the interplay of weird fiction and philosophy, while Manuel Arenas and Katherine Kerestman write on the ever-vital vampire motif. David Haden and S. T. Joshi write on the neglected female weird writers Mary Howitt and Everil Worrell. Other essays discuss William Hope Hodgson, H. P. Lovecraft's influence on George R. R. Martin, and other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue also contains an array of evocative poetry by such masters of weird verse as Wade German, Frank Coffman, Ann K. Schwader, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, and others. In all, \u003cem\u003ePenumbra\u003c\/em\u003e No. 3 provides a rich feast of terror for the scholar and the devotee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. T. Joshi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1614983895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614983897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hippocampus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"S. T. Joshi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069946458367,"sku":"9781614983897","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c337346-e3b3-4daa-9e62-8a82b40778c6.jpg?v=1685427435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/penumbra-no-3-2022-s-t-joshi-9781614983897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}