As if you had any more reason to check out the worthy LOVECRAFT EZINE, the latest issue (#28) is dedicated to W. H. Pugmire, the finest living Lovecraftian author and one of my favorite authors of any stripe.
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What an amazing group of people have assembled for this issue (myself, too, with my story “Jar of Mist” — set in Pugmire’s beguiling milieu of Sesqua Valley). The contributors/contents include:
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Introduction

In which eminent Lovecraftian scholar S.T. Joshi sums up perfectly Pugmire’s literary gift.

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Cthulhu Does Stuff

A comic strip by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson, that features a fun rendition of Pugmire.

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Echoes from Cthulhu’s Crypt, #5

The monthly column by Robert M. Price, in which he delivers a fascinating essay on “liminality.”

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A Massing of the Shades

By dark maestro Richard Gavin, in which he audaciously reinterprets the origin of Sesqua Valley’s “Firstborn,” Simon Gregory Williams.

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The Storm Horses

By my brother Scott Thomas; a dream-like, poetic, and lovely piece — as one would expect from him. (As in Richard’s and Jayaprakash’s stories, Scott is in tune with the yearning for transformation so prevalent in Pugmire’s fiction.)
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Vyvyan’s Father

By Jayaprakash Sathyamurthy, a thought-provoking look at the atrophy and rebirth of the vital human spark, and how our personal heritage can sometimes deliver us from life’s closing walls.

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The Winds of Sesqua Valley

A gorgeous poem by the always fantastic Ann K. Schwader

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Jar of Mist

By your own Jeffrey Thomas, featuring an absolutely perfect illustration (of the story’s weird “In-Betweener”) by Steve Santiago. (The art throughout the entire issue is superb.)
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(he) Dreams of Lovecraftian Horror

By that most unique and idiosyncratic of authors Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., for whom I am currently editing two collections of his work.
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The Deep Black Pit


By the legendary Jessica Salmonson, coauthor of several of Pugmire’s memorable early tales like “Pale Trembling Youth” and “O, Christmas Tree.”

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Now this important information from the LOVECRAFT EZINE site:

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And here is the LOVECRAFT EZINE web site: http://lovecraftzine.com/issues/2013-2/issue-28-december-2013/
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LOVECRAFT EZINE’s creator and editor Mike Davis is to be highly commended on putting this issue together; it’s a tribute to his own loyalty and commitment to aficionados of weird fiction.

(Steve Santiago's beautiful illustration for my story "Jar of Mist")