Cover Art by Mike T. Cherry [illustration]

Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial]

Lovecraftisms by Ralph Rayburn Phillips [illustration]

Why Abdul Al Hazred Went Mad by D. R. Smith [fiction]

R’lyeh Review [review]

European Glimpses (Necronomicon Press) by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

A Rendezvous in Averoigne, Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith (Arkham House, 1988) by Clark Ashton Smith; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

The Unexpurgated Clark Ashton Smith: The Monster of the Prophecy (Necronomicon Press, July 1988) by Clark Ashton Smith; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Nostalgia of the Unknown: The Complete Prose Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith (Necronomicon Press) by Clark Ashton Smith; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Within the Circle, In Memoriam: Franklin Lee Baldwin, 1913–1987 (Moshassuck Monograph #3) by Josephine Richardson and Divers Hands; reviewed by Robert M. Price

The Forbidden Room and How the Forbidden Room Happened (Moshassuck Monograph #4) by Duane W. Rimel; reviewed by Robert M. Price

The Burrowers Beneath (Grafton) by Brian Lumley; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Firebug (TOR Books, October 1988) by Robert Bloch; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

New Moon (TOR Books, 1987) by William Relling, Jr.; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Discovering Modern Horror Fiction II (Starmont House, 1988) by Darrell Schweitzer; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Aklo: A Journal of the Fantastic #1, Spring 1988 (Caermon Books) edited by Mark Valentine and Roger Dobson; reviewed by Robert M. Price

In Brief reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

The Selected Stories of Charles Beaumont (Dark Harvest) by Charles Beaumont; edited by Roger Anker; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Ripper! (TOR Books) edited by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

The Year’s Best Horror Stories XVI (DAW Books) edited by Karl Edward Wagner; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (Carroll and Graf) edited by Mike Ashley; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

The Lurker at the Threshold (Carroll and Graf) by August Derleth; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

H.P. Lovecraft: A Critical Study (Greenwood Press) by Donald R. Burleson; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Our Finny Friends [notice]

Let’s Libel Lumley! [notice]

Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter]

Letter by Susan Michaud

Letter by Darrell Schweitzer

Letter by Ros Calverley

Letter by David F. Godwin

Letter by Robert H. Knox

Letter by Mark Rainey

Letter by Paul A. Roales

Letter by Charles Garofalo

Letter by Dennis Lien

Letter by David Barker

Letter by Kevin A. Ross

Letter by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz

Letter by Brian Lumley

Letter by Peter Cannon

Letter by Donald R. Burleson, PhD

Letter by Tani Jantsang

Letter by Russell Hansen

Letter by James Rockhill

Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.

Letter by David Barker

Letter by Wilum Pugmire

Letter by Rah Hoffman

Letter by Sean Branney

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