<p>VASTARIEN is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. The journal includes nonfiction, literary horror fiction, poetry, artwork and non-classifiable hybrid pieces.</p><p><strong>Contents</strong></p><p>five dreams of the red tower<br />
<em>s. j. bagley</em></p><p>The Rules and Regulations of White Pines, Vermont<br />
<em>Kurt Fawver</em></p><p>Long Time No See<br />
<em>F. J. Bergmann</em></p><p>Richard Gavin: The Nature of Horror<br />
<em>S. T. Joshi</em></p><p>The Mad German<br />
<em>Michael Uhall</em></p><p>I Feel Better Now<br />
<em>Brooke Warra</em></p><p>The Glow at Home<br />
<em>Rayna Waxhead</em></p><p>The Ghosts of Their Guns: Magical Realism in the Fiction of Nadia Bulkin<br />
<em>S. L. Edwards</em></p><p>Chronology of a Burn<br />
<em>Tonya Liburd</em></p><p>The Blind Opera<br />
<em>Sean M. Thompson</em></p><p>Nightmares<br />
<em>D&eacute;sir&eacute;e Zamorano</em></p><p>&ldquo;The Clown Puppet&rdquo; &mdash; A Case Study<br />
<em>Michael Cisco</em></p><p>Nightly Senses<br />
<em>Emmie Bristow</em></p><p>The Nightmare Man<br />
<em>L&rsquo;Erin Ogle</em></p><p>Ennigaldi<br />
<em>Sam Schreiber</em></p><p>Trauma Narrating<br />
<em>Dr. Raymond Thoss</em></p><p>For She is Falling<br />
<em>John Linwood Grant</em></p><p>Contributors</p>