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jeffhall's review
3.0
While the second edition of Spectral Realms is not the strongest installment in the series thus far, it nonetheless has a handful of standout pieces. Michael Kelly's "Hungry, the Rain-God Wakens" is the star of the show, a grim little work with a beautifully executed sense of poetic rhythm. Other notable verses are from the pens of Ann K. Schwader, D.L. Myers, Gemma Files, and Wade German.
This issue also has its share of less impressive work, more so than is typical of Spectral Realms, a poetry journal that usually maintains a very high standard under the editorship of S.T. Joshi. That said, every issue of Spectral Realms has its rewards, and No. 2 is no exception to that rule.
This issue also has its share of less impressive work, more so than is typical of Spectral Realms, a poetry journal that usually maintains a very high standard under the editorship of S.T. Joshi. That said, every issue of Spectral Realms has its rewards, and No. 2 is no exception to that rule.
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